Weinstein

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Weinstein or Yiddish ווײַנשטיין (vaynshteyn). The verb is from the behavior of Harvey Weinstein, Hollywood movie mogul.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwaɪnstiːn/

Proper noun

Weinstein (plural Weinsteins)

1. An occupational or ornamental surname from German.
2. An ornamental surname from Yiddish.

Derived terms

• Weinstein effect

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Weinstein is the 2659^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 13563 individuals. Weinstein is most common among White (95.62%) individuals.

Verb

Weinstein (third-person singular simple present Weinsteins, present participle Weinsteining, simple past and past participle Weinsteined)

1. (slang) To make inappropriate sexual advances, especially from a position of power.
   • [2023, Hajar Yazdiha, The Struggle for the People’s King: How Politics Transforms the Memory of the Civil Rights Movement, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 165:

     After all, long before the #MeToo movement exposed workplace cultures of sexual harrasment and assault, before “getting Weinsteined” became colloquial shorthand for being forced into nonconsensual sexual acts for fear of losing one's job, Black women had been leading the charge against racialized sexual […]]

2. (transitive, uncommon) To accuse someone in an influential position of sexual harassment.

   Synonym: #MeToo

   • 2017 October 22, David French, “It’s Time for Bill O’Reilly To Be Weinsteined”, in National Review‎^[1]:

     None of this should be hard. There are too many allegations settled for too much money for O’Reilly to receive the benefit of the doubt. It’s time for O’Reilly to be Weinsteined.

   • 2017 November 21, Aaron Betsky, “Waiting to Be Weinsteined: When Will Accusations of Sexual Harassment Arise in Architecture?”, in Architect Magazine‎^[2]:

     Waiting to Be Weinsteined: When Will Accusations of Sexual Harassment Arise in Architecture? [title]

French

Etymology

Borrowed from German Weinstein.

Proper noun

Weinstein ?

1. a surname from German

German

Etymology

From Middle High German wīnstein. Equivalent to Wein (“wine”) +‎ Stein (“stone”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

Weinstein m (strong, genitive Weinsteines or Weinsteins, plural Weinsteine)

1. cream of tartar

Declension

Declension of Weinstein [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Weinstein	die	Weinsteine
genitive	eines	des	Weinsteines, Weinsteins	der	Weinsteine
dative	einem	dem	Weinstein, Weinsteine1	den	Weinsteinen
accusative	einen	den	Weinstein	die	Weinsteine

¹Now rare, see notes.

Proper noun

Weinstein m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Weinsteins or (with an article) Weinstein, feminine genitive Weinstein, plural Weinsteins)

1. a metonymic surname originating as an occupation for a vintner or winemaker
2. an ornamental surname

Further reading

• “Weinstein” in Duden online

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German Weinstein.

Proper noun

Weinstein m or f by sense

1. a surname from German

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Weinstein.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbainstain/ [ˈbãĩns.t̪ãĩn]
• IPA^(key): /ˈwainstain/ [ˈwãĩns.t̪ãĩn]
• Rhymes: -ainstain
• Syllabification: Weins‧tein

Proper noun

Weinstein m or f by sense

1. a surname from German