Etymology

stolperstein

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Today it means: A small, cobblestone-sized memorial for an individual victim of Nazism. Full definition →

German Stolperstein
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  1. German · borrowed fromStolperstein
  2. English todaystolperstein

Borrowed from German Stolperstein (literally “stumbling block”), from stolpern (“to stumble”) + Stein (“stone”).

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