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der Stolperstein

C1 Noun frequency rank #11,672

What Stolperstein means

Noun

  1. pitfall, obstacle, hindrance, stumbling block
  2. stumbling block (raised or uneven stone or paving slab over which someone could stumble)
  3. stolperstein (small, cobblestone-sized memorial for an individual victim of Nazism)

Forms

der Stolperstein · die Stolpersteine

Plural: Stolpersteine

Pronunciation

Stolperstein in a sentence

Die fehlende Genehmigung wurde zum größten Stolperstein des Projekts.

The missing permit became the project's biggest obstacle.

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Stolperstein is C1 German — advanced vocabulary, ranked #11,672 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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