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Horst
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horst hörst
English
Etymology
Borrowed from en de - and en nl Horst.
Proper noun
s
en.
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Horst is the 3831st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 9245 individuals. Horst is most common among White (96.3%) individuals.
Further reading
Anagrams
en horst Stohr trosh hotṛs Roths thors Stroh Short hotrs short
en surnames from Dutch surnames from German
Czech
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m-an
cs male German
Dutch
Etymology
(Limburg) First attested as horst in 1275. Derived from nl dum horst overgrown elevated place.
(Gelderland) First attested as horsterbosch around 1450. Derived from nl horst overgrown elevated place.
(Noord-Brabant) First attested as Horst in 1697. Derived from nl horst overgrown elevated place.
(Flevoland) Derived from nl horst overgrown elevated place.
The surname derives from one of the senses of nl horst or from one of the toponyms.
Pronunciation
nl /ɦɔrst/
nl Nl-horst.ogg
nl Horst
nl ɔrst
nl horst
Proper noun
n
nl village/and/former municipality mun/Horst aan de Maas p/Limburg c/Netherlands
nl Dreumelrijk<qq:Carnival nickname>
nl hamlet mun/Ermelo p/Gelderland c/Netherlands
nl hamlet mun/Gilze en Rijen p/North Brabant c/Netherlands
nl neighbourhood c/Lelystad p/Flevoland c/Netherlands
nl
Derived terms
nl Horstenaar
nl Horsts
References
horst
German
de:
Pronunciation
de /hɔʁst/ [hɔʁst] [hɔɐ̯st]
de De-Horst.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Etymology 1
From de gmh hurst, from de goh hurst, from de gmw-pro *hursti. The modern vowel is Central and Low German (compare gml horst). Cognate to nl horst, en hurst.
Alternative forms
de Hurst archaic f
Noun
m,(e)s
the nest of a bird of prey, an eyrie
de literary bush; thicket; small forest
de short for de Fliegerhorst military airport; air force base
de geology horst
de Horstscholle
Declension
m,(e)s
Hyponyms
de Adlerhorst Falkenhorst Habichthorst Reiherhorst Storchenhorst Vorjahreshorst
de Fliegerhorst
Derived terms
de horstartig
Descendants
en horst 1
fr horst 1
Etymology 2
de. Possibly related to the common noun (etymology 1). First used in an 18th-century play, taken into regular use in the 19th century, popular after 1920, now rare for a child. Compare etymology 3.
Proper noun
m
de male
Etymology 3
From the name, which has come to be regarded as dated and “uncool”.
Noun
m,es
de colloquial youth _ slang loser; nerd; idiot
de Alter, du bist so ein Horst! Mate, you're such an idiot!
Declension
m,es
Further reading
Horst_maennlicher_Vorname
Horst_Nest_Bueschel
de People