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

• IPA^(key): /ˈwaɪnstiːn/, /ˈwaɪnstaɪn/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Weinstein (plural Weinsteins)

1. An occupational or ornamental surname from German.
   • 2005 March 30, “Miramax founders leave Disney”, in The Guardian‎^[1], archived from the original on 18 June 2021:

     Miramax Films cofounders Bob and Harvey Weinstein will end their successful, but often tumultuous, 12-year relationship with The Walt Disney Company to launch their own media company.

2. An ornamental surname from Yiddish.

• Hagemoser-Weinstein-Bresnick syndrome
• Weinstein effect
• Weinstein-Aronszajn identity
• Weinsteinian

• 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.

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, slang, uncommon) To accuse someone in an influential position of sexual harassment.

   Synonym: Weinstein

   • 2017 October 22, David French, “It’s Time for Bill O’Reilly To Be Weinsteined”, in National Review‎^[2], archived from the original on 28 June 2020:

     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^[3], archived from the original on 31 March 2026:

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

Borrowed from German Weinstein.

Weinstein ?

1. a surname from German

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

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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

1. cream of tartar

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

• “Weinstein” in Duden online
• “Weinstein” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Unadapted borrowing from German Weinstein.

Weinstein m or f by sense

1. a surname from German

Borrowed from German Weinstein.

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

Weinstein m or f by sense

1. a surname from German

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