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 *h₂eh₁-der.

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):

  (file)

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)