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Einstein Pronunciation
Einstein is pronounced YN-styn, IPA /ˈaɪnstaɪn/.
YN-styn
US /ˈaɪnstaɪn/
Syllables: YN · styn (2 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
proper noun: The surname of the physicist Albert Einstein, and in informal use a very clever person.
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Einstein in a Sentence
- Einstein published four papers in a single year.
- The hall is named after Einstein.
- Nice work, Einstein, you have wired it backwards.
Common Mispronunciations of Einstein
Not EEN-steen
German ei carries the eye sound of mine, so both halves of the name rhyme with fine.
Not YN-steen
The second ei behaves exactly like the first. Letting only one of them slip into ee leaves the name half anglicised.
Tip: Einstein, Weinstein, and Stein follow German spelling, where ei is eye and ie is ee. That is why Wien, the German name for Vienna, sounds like veen.
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