German

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Etymology

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From Ast +‎ rein.

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Adjective

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astrein (strong nominative masculine singular astreiner, comparative astreiner, superlative am astreinsten)

  1. free of knotholes
    astreines Holz
    clean timber
  2. (somewhat dated, informal) cool, excellent
    Synonyms: ausgezeichnet, genial, super
    Der Film war astrein!
    That movie was kick-ass!

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Limburgish

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɑˈstʀɛː˨n/
  • Hyphenation: as‧trein
  • Rhymes: -ɛːn

Adverb

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astrein

  1. (Maastrichtian) directly, immediately