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Heister
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heister
English
Etymology
Borrowed from en de Heister.
Proper noun
s
en German.
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Heister is the 37442nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 595 individuals. Heister is most common among White (95.29%) individuals.
Further reading
German
Pronunciation
de /ˈhaɪ̯stər/ [ˈhaɪ̯s.tɐ] [ˈhaɪ̯.stɐ]
de De-Heister.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Etymology 1
From de gmh heister, from de goh *heistar, from de gmw-pro *haistr. The word was rare in Middle High German and its modern specialist use chiefly continues cognate de gml heister, gml hêster young tree.
Noun
m
de horticulture specialist young foliage tree of a height between 1 and 2.5 metres
de regional chiefly dialectal any young tree, especially a young beech
Declension
m
Derived terms
de Heisterkamp, de Heistermann surnames
Etymology 2
de nds Heister, from de gml hēgester, from de osx agastria, from de gmw-pro *agastrijā. de Elster.
Noun
f de northern Germany chiefly Missingsch or in names, idioms
de Elster magpie
Declension
f
de Trees