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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Isla (EYE-la) I never know if last names ending in "stein" are pronounced "steen" or "stine" and same thing with wiess. Is it "wees" or "wise"? [/quote] Growing up, I knew a lot of people with a "stein" last name (Waldstein, Goldstein), and they all pronounced it "steen"....but Albert Einstein, it's pronounced "stine"...so maybe it depends on what the first syllable is?[/quote] Nope. 'Stein' is German--it means 'stone'. It's pronounced 'schtine', regardless of how you've heard it. Many people who have it as part of their names have had the pronunciation changed over the years, frequently through the loss of original language skills (meaning immigration) or courtesy of Ellis Island. It would be pronounced 'schteen' if it were spelled 'stien'. But that is not a standalone word.[/quote]
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