Home › Words › S › steinstein/staɪn/stein means A surname originating as a patronymic from a Scots diminutive of Stephen.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, stein ranks #2,614 of 42,762 for Qualifying.stein is pronounced /staɪn/.EtymologyBorrowed from German Stein. Doublet of Stone and Steen.nameA surname originating as a patronymic from a Scots diminutive of Stephen.A surname from German Stein.e.g.“Elisheva Baskin and Michael Stein are to be married Sunday evening at the Palisadium, an event space in Cliffside Park, N.J. Rabbi Yaacov Love is to officiate.” — 2013 July 26, “Elisheva Baskin and Michael Stein”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Jul 2013:A male given name from Norwegian.A place in Switzerland:; A municipality in Rheinfelden district, Aargau canton, Switzerland, across the Rhine from Bad Säckingen in Germany.A place in Switzerland:; A municipality in Appenzell Ausserrhoden canton, Switzerland.A place in Switzerland:; A settlement in Meiringen municipality, Bern canton, Switzerland.A place in Switzerland:; A village and former municipality, now in Nesslau municipality, St. Gallen canton, Switzerland.nounA beer mug, usually made of ceramic or glass.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).