Forst
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Forst (plural Forsts)
- A surname from German.
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Forst is the 13356th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2283 individuals. Forst is most common among White (94.83%) individuals.
Proper noun[edit]
Forst
- A town and administrative seat of Spree-Neiße district, Brandenburg, Germany. Official name: Forst (Lausitz)
Translations[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Forst”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 591.
German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle High German vorst, from Old High German forst, from earlier forhist, from Proto-West Germanic *furhiþi. Cognate with English forest.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Forst m (strong or mixed, genitive Forstes or Forsts, plural Forste or Forsten or (rare, nonstandard) Förste)
- (chiefly literary or specialist) a forest, at least enclosed, usually also cultivated
Usage notes[edit]
- In common speech, only derivatives and compounds of Forst are used. The usual word for any kind of forest is Wald.
Declension[edit]
Declension of Forst [masculine, strong // mixed]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | der | Forst | die | Forste, Forsten, Förste2 |
genitive | eines | des | Forstes, Forsts | der | Forste, Forsten, Förste2 |
dative | einem | dem | Forst, Forste1 | den | Forsten, Försten2 |
accusative | einen | den | Forst | die | Forste, Forsten, Förste2 |
1Now rare, see notes.
2Rare, nonstandard.
Hypernyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Forst n (proper noun, genitive Forsts or (optionally with an article) Forst)
- A town and administrative seat of Spree-Neiße district, Brandenburg. Official name: Forst (Lausitz)
- A municipality of Karlsruhe district, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- A municipality of Bad Dürkheim district, Rhineland-Palatinate. Official name: Forst an der Weinstraße
- A municipality of Altenkirchen district, Rhineland-Palatinate
- A municipality of Cochem-Zell district, Rhineland-Palatinate. Official name: Forst (Eifel)
- A municipality of Cochem-Zell district, Rhineland-Palatinate. Official name: Forst (Hunsrück)
Declension[edit]
Declension of Forst [sg-only, neuter, toponym]
Proper noun[edit]
Forst m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Forsts or (with an article) Forst, feminine genitive Forst, plural Forsts)
- a habitational surname
Further reading[edit]
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