Holstein

See also: holstein, holst ein, and Hollstein

English

Etymology 1

From a tribe which inhabited the area, the Holsten / Holtsaten. The name is equivalent to German Holz (“wood”) + Sassen (“inhabitant”), German Low German Holt (“wood”) + Saten (“inhabitant”).

Proper noun

Holstein

1. The region between the rivers Elbe and Eider, to the south of Schleswig, part of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein.

   Synonym: Holsatia

   • 1880, Nassau William, senior, Conversations with distinguished persons during the Second Empire, volume 1, page 206:

     Schleswig refuses to be separated from Holstein.

Derived terms

• Holsteiner
• Neustadt in Holstein
• New Holstein
• Schleswig-Holstein

Translations

region

• Armenian: Հոլշտայն (Holštayn)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 荷爾斯泰因／荷尔斯泰因 (Hé'ěrsītàiyīn)

• Czech: Holštýnsko (cs) n
• Danish: Holsten
• Georgian: ჰოლშტაინი (holšṭaini)
• German: Holstein (de)

  Alemannic German: Holstei

  Rhine Franconian: Holschdä (Palatine)

• Greek: Χόλσταϊν (Chólstaïn)
• Icelandic: Holtsetaland (is) n
• Kashubian: Hòlsztin
• Latin: Holsatia
• Latvian: Holšteina
• Lithuanian: Holšteinas
• Low German:

  German Low German: Holsteen m

• North Frisian: Holstian
• Polish: Holsztyn (pl)
• Portuguese: Holsácia f, Holstein m
• Russian: Го́льштейн (Gólʹštejn), Голшти́ния (ru) (Golštínija) (dated)
• Swedish: Holstein
• Thai: ฮ็อลชไตน์

See also

• Holstein on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

A Holstein Friesian cow.

From the animals' region of origin: the horses came from Schleswig-Holstein, the cows came from the area of Frisia and Holstein.

Noun

Holstein (plural Holsteins)

2. A breed of dairy cattle, distinctively colored in splotches of black and white.

   Synonym: Friesian

4. A breed of horse, thought to be the oldest of the warmblood breeds, used in show jumping.

   Synonym: Holsteiner

Etymology 3

Proper noun

Holstein (plural Holsteins)

1. A surname.

Derived terms

• Holstein-Lewis fracture
• Holstein-Primakoff transformation

Anagrams

• Holstine, hot lines, hotlines, neoliths