# das Urgestein

das Urgestein is a German noun meaning “veteran”. Forms: des Urgesteines, die Urgesteine.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Urgesteines
- Plural: die Urgesteine

## In other languages

- Русский: геол. коренная порода

## Meanings

1. _archaic_ primary rock, such as granite, gneiss, etc.
2. _figurative_ an institution in a company or organization, a founding father, a veteran, etc.
   - ein politisches Urgestein — a dyed-in-the-wool politician
3. _figurative_ veteran
   - „Da sehe ich plötzlich Hans-Joachim Wolfram, ein Urgestein der Fernsehunterhaltung.“

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