# der Eckstein

der Eckstein is a German noun meaning “cornerstone”. Forms: des Ecksteines, die Ecksteine.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Ecksteines
- Plural: die Ecksteine

## In other languages

- Русский: угловой камень
- Українська: наріжний камінь

## Noun

1. cornerstone (literal and figurative, but for the latter more often Eckpfeiler)
2. _Southern-Germany_ diamond
   - 1841, Friedrich Wilhelm Hackländer, Vier Könige. Bilder aus dem Soldatenleben, in F. W. Hackländers Werke, vol. 6, Adolph Krabbe (publ., 1855), page 58. Einer meiner Bekannten zog eine Karte; ich glaube, es war Eckstein Sieben, lud sie in das Gewehr und drückte ab. — One of my friends drew a card; I think it was seven of diamonds, put it in the rifle and pulled the trigger.

## Proper name

1. _surname_ a surname

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