struikelsteen
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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Compound of struikelen (“to stumble”) + steen (“stone, rock”). The sense “stolperstein” was borrowed from German Stolperstein.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
struikelsteen m (plural struikelstenen, diminutive struikelsteentje n)
- (now chiefly Belgium) A stumbling block, a tripping stone, an obstacle causing one to stumble and fall.
- (chiefly diminutive) A stolperstein. [from 2010s]