Holstein

[ hohl-stahyn, -steen; German hohl-shtahyn ]

noun

1. Also called Hol·stein-Frie·sian [hohl, -stahyn-, free, -zh, uh, n, -steen-]. one of a breed of black-and-white dairy cattle, raised originally in North Holland and Friesland, that yields large quantities of milk having a low content of butterfat.
2. a region in N Germany, at the base of the peninsula of Jutland: a former duchy.

Holstein

¹

/ ˈhəʊlstaɪn /

noun

1. See Friesian
   the usual US and Canadian name for Friesian 1

Holstein

²

/ ˈhɔlʃtain /

noun

1. a region of N Germany, in S Schleswig-Holstein: in early times a German duchy of Saxony; became a duchy of Denmark in 1474; finally incorporated into Prussia in 1866

Word History and Origins

Origin of Holstein¹

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

Perhaps that was also the appeal to Bebe Thomsen, who died in 1973 at the age of 81 in Neustadt in Holstein, a town on the Baltic Sea, never fulfilling her vow to return to America.

From Washington Post

Pour milk from a Holstein cow into one and milk from a Jersey into the other.

From The Daily Beast

Do you know how to tell the difference between Holstein milk and Jersey milk?

From The Daily Beast

What was the Schleswig-Holstein question really all about?

From The Daily Beast

From Holtsetaland (Holstein) likewise came to him a large host.

From Project Gutenberg

It was the first step in the humiliation of a fine people, to their loss of Norway, and ultimately of Schleswig and Holstein.

From Project Gutenberg

But that is hard to carry out, for the gentleman in Holstein who decides about our upbringing wants me to study for many years.

From Project Gutenberg

But the regiment in which he enlisted got no further than Holstein.

From Project Gutenberg

Another loss took place in 1460, when Schleswig and Holstein were united with Denmark.

From Project Gutenberg