stolperstein

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Stolperstein^¹

noun Stolpersteins · Stolpersteine

Alternative letter-case form of stolperstein But it was Lucie’s stone that chilled me to the core. Hers is a single memorial stone in front of a large building. One little Stolperstein.

stolperstein^²

/ˈʃtɒlpə(ɹ)ˌʃtaɪn/
/ˈstɒlpə(ɹ)ˌstaɪn/

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

noun stolpersteins · stolpersteine · Stolperstein

A small, cobblestone-sized memorial for an individual victim of Nazism. A "stolperstein" was put in front of the house, and the scattered diaspora of Bertam's family reunited there.

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noun small, cobblestone-sized memorial for an individual victim of Nazism

Deutsch	Stolperstein
Italiano	pietra d'inciampo
Русский	ка́мень преткнове́ния kámenʹ pretknovénija
עברית	שְׁטוֹלְפֶּרשְׁטַיין shtolpershtáyn, אֶבֶן נֶגֶף 'éven négef

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@misc{stolperstein_2026,
  title = {stolperstein},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/stolperstein},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}