Horst

Borrowed from German and Dutch Horst.

Horst (plural Horsts)

1. A surname.

• 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.

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

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

• (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.

• IPA^(key): /ɦɔrst/

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

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

• Horstenaar
• Horsts

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

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

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.

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

• Fliegerhorst

• horstartig

• → English: horst
• → French: horst

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.

Horst m (proper noun, strong, genitive Horsts)

1. a male given name

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

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!

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