how to pronounce stern

/ʃtɛʁn/

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stern is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of stern in a speech by a native speaker of standard german:

“… zu dem geiger stern katalog schließlich …”

meanings of stern

noun:

A star; the actual celestial body.
A star; a small luminous dot that can be seen on the night sky Morgenstern — morning star.
A star, starlet, celebrity, something or somebody popular.
A stellar crystal, a snow crystal possessing the shape of a star.
A star, a mullet, or anything that resembles such an object.
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An asterisk (.
A star; the symbol used to rate hotels, movies, etc.

name:

A surname.

stern frequency in german - B2 level of CEFR

the word stern occurs in german on average 26 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.