Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stirner

/ˈstɜrnər/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.01 in modern English

Syllables
stirn-er
IPA
/ˈstɜrnər/
7
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from German.

Etymology

Borrowed from German Stirner, from Stirn (“forehead”) + -er.

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Questions

How do you pronounce stirner?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈstɜrnər/.
What does stirner mean?
Max Stirner, the German philosopher and proponent of individualist anarchism.
Where does stirner come from?
Borrowed from German Stirner, from Stirn (“forehead”) + -er.

How to pronounce stirner

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