Holstein

[ hohl-stahyn, -steen; for 2 also German hohl-shtahyn ]

/ ˈhoʊl staɪn, -stin; for 2 also German ˈhoʊlˌʃtaɪn /

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noun

Also called Hol·stein-Frie·sian

[hohl-stahyn-free-zhuhn, -steen-]. /ˈhoʊl staɪnˈfri ʒən, -stin-/. 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.

a region in N Germany, at the base of the peninsula of Jutland: a former duchy.

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Compare Schleswig-Holstein.

Origin of Holstein

First recorded in 1860–65

Words nearby Holstein

holozoic, holp, holpen, hols, Holst, Holstein, holster, Holston, holt, Holter monitor, Holthouse's hernia

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How to use Holstein in a sentence

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.
Was Bebe Thomsen a ditsy animal lover or a Nazi spy? Even her friends wondered.|John Kelly|April 12, 2021|Washington Post
Pour milk from a Holstein cow into one and milk from a Jersey into the other.
The Secret to This Ice Cream: Pampered Cows|Jane & Michael Stern|May 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Do you know how to tell the difference between Holstein milk and Jersey milk?
The Secret to This Ice Cream: Pampered Cows|Jane & Michael Stern|May 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
What was the Schleswig-Holstein question really all about?
Obama's Radical Embrace?|David Frum|March 8, 2012|DAILY BEAST

From Holtsetaland (Holstein) likewise came to him a large host.
The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade)|Snorri Sturluson
It was the first step in the humiliation of a fine people, to their loss of Norway, and ultimately of Schleswig and Holstein.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte|William Milligan Sloane
But that is hard to carry out, for the gentleman in Holstein who decides about our upbringing wants me to study for many years.
Maezli|Johanna Spyri
But the regiment in which he enlisted got no further than Holstein.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847|Various
Another loss took place in 1460, when Schleswig and Holstein were united with Denmark.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Holstein (1 of 2)

Holstein¹

/ (ˈhəʊlstaɪn) /

noun

the usual US and Canadian name for Friesian 1

British Dictionary definitions for Holstein (2 of 2)

Holstein²

/ (German ˈhɔlʃtain) /

noun

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

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