# Horst
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from German and Dutch Horst.

### Proper noun

Horst (plural Horsts)
* A surname.

#### 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

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

### Anagrams

* Stohr, trosh, hotṛs, Roths, thors, Stroh, Short, hotrs, short

## Czech
### Proper noun

Horst m anim
* a male given name from German

## 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: /ɦɔrst/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: Horst
* Rhymes: -ɔrst
* Homophone: horst

### Proper noun

Horst n
* A village and former municipality of Horst aan de Maas, Limburg, Netherlands
    Synonym: Dreumelrijk (Carnival nickname)
* A hamlet in Ermelo, Gelderland, Netherlands
* A hamlet in Gilze en Rijen, North Brabant, Netherlands
* A neighbourhood of Lelystad, Flevoland, Netherlands
* a surname

#### Derived terms

* Horstenaar
* Horsts

### References

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

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hɔʁst/, [hɔʁst], [hɔɐ̯st]

### Etymology 1

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

#### Alternative forms

* Hurst f (archaic)

#### Noun

Horst m (strong, genitive Horstes or Horsts, plural Horste)
* the nest of a bird of prey, an eyrie
* (literary) bush; thicket; small forest
* (short for Fliegerhorst) military airport; air force base
* (geology) horst
    Synonym: Horstscholle

##### Declension

$^1$Now 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)
* 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)
* (colloquial, youth slang) loser; nerd; idiot
    Alter, du bist so ein Horst!Mate, you're such an idiot!

##### Declension

$^1$Now rare, see notes.

### Further reading

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