Dubbelsteern in Low German

Pronunciation: /dʊbəlstɛː͡ɐn/

noun

Syllabication: Dub·bel·steern

Plural: Dubbelsteerns m de Dubbelsteern

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peripheral vocabulary

astronomy

Low Saxon:

Poor von twee Steerns, de en Ümloopbahn üm enanner hebbt

English:

binary star

Dutch:

dobbelster

German:

Doppelstern

Examples:

Al in de Antike weren de eersten Dubbelsteerns bekannt. To’n Bispeel Mizar un Alkor in ’n Himmelswagen.

image illustrating the submeaning

M. Garlick/University of Warwick/ESO, CC BY 4.0

Etymology:

Compound word constructed from: dubbel- + Steern

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