Horst

See also: horst and hörst

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German and Dutch Horst.

Proper noun

Horst (plural Horsts)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Horst is the 3831^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 9245 individuals. Horst is most common among White (96.3%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Horst”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 203.

Anagrams

• Short, Stohr, Stroh, hotrs, short, thors, trosh

Dutch

Etymology

• (Limburg) First attested as horst in 1275. Derived from Middle Dutch horst (“overgrown elevated place”).
• (Gelderland) First attested as horsterbosch around 1450. Derived from horst (“overgrown elevated place”).
• (Noord-Brabant) First attested as Horst in 1697. Derived from horst (“overgrown elevated place”).
• (Flevoland) Derived from horst (“overgrown elevated place”).

The surname derives from one of the senses of horst or from one of the toponyms.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦɔrst/

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• Hyphenation: Horst
• Rhymes: -ɔrst
• Homophone: horst

Proper noun

Horst n

1. A village and former municipality of Horst aan de Maas, Limburg, Netherlands.

   Synonym: Dreumelrijk (Carnival nickname)

2. A hamlet in Ermelo, Gelderland, Netherlands.
3. A hamlet in Gilze en Rijen, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
4. A neighbourhood of Lelystad, Flevoland, Netherlands.
5. a surname

Derived terms

• Horstenaar
• Horsts

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “horst”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎^[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɔʁst/, [hɔʁst], [hɔɐ̯st]

Etymology 1

From Middle High German hurst, from Old High German hurst, from Proto-West Germanic *hursti. The modern vocalism is Central and Low German (compare Middle Low German horst). Cognate to Dutch horst, English hurst.

Noun

Horst m (strong, genitive Horstes or Horsts, plural Horste)

1. the nest of a bird of prey, an eyrie
2. (literary) bush; thicket; small forest
3. (short for Fliegerhorst) military airport; air force base
4. (geology) horst

   Synonym: Horstscholle

Declension

Declension of Horst [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Horst	die	Horste
genitive	eines	des	Horstes, Horsts	der	Horste
dative	einem	dem	Horst, Horste1	den	Horsten
accusative	einen	den	Horst	die	Horste

¹Now rare, see notes.

Hyponyms

• Adlerhorst
• Falkenhorst
• Habichthorst
• Reiherhorst
• Storchenhorst
• Vorjahreshorst

 

• Fliegerhorst

Derived terms

• horstartig

Descendants

• → English: horst
• → French: horst

Etymology 2

Uncertain. 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

Horst m (proper noun, strong, genitive Horsts)

1. a male given name

Etymology 3

From the name, which has come to be regarded as dated and “uncool”.

Noun

Horst m (strong, genitive Horstes, plural Horste)

1. (colloquial, youth slang) loser; nerd; idiot

   Alter, du bist so ein Horst!

   Mate, you're such an idiot!

Declension

Declension of Horst [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Horst	die	Horste
genitive	eines	des	Horstes	der	Horste
dative	einem	dem	Horst, Horste1	den	Horsten
accusative	einen	den	Horst	die	Horste

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

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