# der Schleifstein

der Schleifstein is a German noun meaning “grindstone”. Forms: des Schleifsteins, die Schleifsteine.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Schleifsteins
- Plural: die Schleifsteine

## In other languages

- Русский: точильный камень, точило, оселок

## Meanings

1. grindstone
2. whetstone, sharpening stone
3. whetstone; hone
   - „Er war in den Anblick der Hände versunken, die sich über dem Schleifstein hin und her bewegten.“

## Related words

- Synonym: Wetzstein

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