Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

steinway

/stˈaɪnwˌeɪ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.46 in modern English

Syllables: stein-way
IPA: /stˈaɪnwˌeɪ/

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A piano made by Steinway & Sons, a German-American piano company founded in 1853 in New York City by German piano builder Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg.

Example Sentences

"After supper — which is a lengthy, spoon-fed, dribblesome business — he likes to play Schubert or Brahms on the Steinway in the conservatory."

Etymology

From the surname of the piano maker, a German immigrant to Manhattan whose original surname was Steinweg.

Inflected Forms

Steinways (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce steinway?: The recorded pronunciation is /stˈaɪnwˌeɪ/.
What does steinway mean?: A piano made by Steinway & Sons, a German-American piano company founded in 1853 in New York City by German piano builder Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg.
Where does steinway come from?: From the surname of the piano maker, a German immigrant to Manhattan whose original surname was Steinweg.

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