struikelsteen

Dutch

Etymology

Compound of struikelen (“to stumble”) +‎ steen (“stone, rock”). The sense “stolperstein” was borrowed from German Stolperstein.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstrœy̯.kəlˌsteːn/
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  • Hyphenation: strui‧kel‧steen

Noun

struikelsteen m (plural struikelstenen, diminutive struikelsteentje n)

  1. (now chiefly Belgium) a stumbling block, a tripping stone, an obstacle causing one to stumble and fall
  2. (chiefly diminutive) a stolperstein [from 2010s]
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