interstellar

English

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Indo-European *-tér

Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér

Proto-Italic *n̥ter

Latin inter

Latin inter-bor.

English inter-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗrder.

Proto-Italic *stērlā

Latin stēlla

Latin stēllārisbor.

English stellar

English interstellar

From inter- + stellar.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

interstellar (not comparable)

1. Between the stars.

   It can take centuries for light to travel interstellar distances.

2. Among the stars.

   Space is littered with interstellar particles.

   • 2012, Chinle Miller, In Mesozoic Lands: The Mesozoic Geology of Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, Kindle edition:

     Approximately 5 billion years ago, our solar nebula was formed as gravitational forces pulled interstellar gas and dust into a swirling mass around out newly formed sun.

Synonyms

• intersidereal

Derived terms

• interstellar cloud
• interstellar comet
• interstellar extinction
• interstellar medium
• interstellar planet
• interstellar polarization
• interstellar ramjet
• interstellar space
• interstellar wind

Translations

between stars

Albanian: ndëryjor (sq) Armenian: միջաստղային (hy) (miǰastġayin) Azerbaijani: ulduzlararası Bulgarian: междузвезден (mežduzvezden) Catalan: interestel·lar Chinese: Mandarin: 星際 / 星际 (zh) (xīngjì) Czech: mezihvězdný (cs) Danish: interstellar (da) Dutch: interstellair (nl) Esperanto: interstela Finnish: tähtienvälinen (fi), interstellaarinen (fi) French: interstellaire (fr), intersidéral (fr) Galician: interestelar Georgian: ვარსკვლავთშორისი (varsḳvlavtšorisi) German: interstellar (de) Greek: διαστρικός (el) (diastrikós), διάστερος (el) (diásteros), μεταξύ αστέρων (metaxý astéron), ενδοστερικός (endosterikós) Hindi: अंतरतारकीय (antratārkīya) Hungarian: csillagközi (hu) Indonesian: lintas bintang Irish: idir-réaltach Italian: interstellare (it) Kazakh: жұлдызаралық (juldızaralıq) Korean: 별과 별사이의 (byeolgwa byeolsai-ui) Kyrgyz: жылдыздар аралык (jıldızdar aralık) Latvian: starpzvaigžņu Lithuanian: tarpžvaigždinis Macedonian: меѓу́ѕвезден (meǵúdzvezden) Malay: antara bintang, antara najam Norwegian: interstellar (no) Polish: międzygwiezdny (pl), międzygwiazdowy (pl) Portuguese: interestelar (pt) Romanian: interstelar (ro), interastral (ro) Russian: межзвёздный (ru) (mežzvjózdnyj), междузвёздный (ru) (mežduzvjózdnyj) Sanskrit: अन्तर्तारकीय (antartārakīya) Slovak: medzihviezdny Spanish: interestelar Swedish: interstellär (sv) Turkish: yıldızlararası (tr) Turkmen: ýyldyzlarara Ukrainian: міжзо́ряний (mižzórjanyj) Welsh: rhyngserol

among stars

Albanian: ndëryjor (sq) Chinese: Mandarin: 星际 (zh) (xīngjì) Esperanto: interstela Finnish: tähtienvälinen (fi), interstellaarinen (fi) Georgian: ვარსკვლავთშორისი (varsḳvlavtšorisi) German: interstellar (de) Greek: διαστρικός (el) (diastrikós) Hindi: अंतरतारकीय (antratārkīya) Hungarian: csillagközi (hu) Irish: idir-réaltach Latvian: starpzvaigžņu Lithuanian: tarpžvaigždinis Polish: międzygwiezdny (pl), międzygwiazdowy (pl) Portuguese: interestelar (pt) Russian: межзвёздный (ru) (mežzvjózdnyj), междузвёздный (ru) (mežduzvjózdnyj) Spanish: interestelar Swedish: interstellär (sv) Turkish: yıldızlararası (tr)

German

Etymology

From inter- +‎ stellar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪntɐstɛˈlaːɐ̯/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aːɐ̯
• Hyphenation: in‧ter‧stel‧lar

Adjective

interstellar (strong nominative masculine singular interstellarer, not comparable)

1. interstellar

Declension

Positive forms of interstellar (uncomparable)

number & gender	singular	plural
masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative	er ist interstellar	sie ist interstellar	es ist interstellar	sie sind interstellar
strong declension (without article)	nominative	interstellarer	interstellare	interstellares	interstellare
genitive	interstellaren	interstellarer	interstellaren	interstellarer
dative	interstellarem	interstellarer	interstellarem	interstellaren
accusative	interstellaren	interstellare	interstellares	interstellare
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der interstellare	die interstellare	das interstellare	die interstellaren
genitive	des interstellaren	der interstellaren	des interstellaren	der interstellaren
dative	dem interstellaren	der interstellaren	dem interstellaren	den interstellaren
accusative	den interstellaren	die interstellare	das interstellare	die interstellaren
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein interstellarer	eine interstellare	ein interstellares	(keine) interstellaren
genitive	eines interstellaren	einer interstellaren	eines interstellaren	(keiner) interstellaren
dative	einem interstellaren	einer interstellaren	einem interstellaren	(keinen) interstellaren
accusative	einen interstellaren	eine interstellare	ein interstellares	(keine) interstellaren

Further reading

• “interstellar” in Duden online
• “interstellar”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)