Durst

See also: durst

English

Etymology

From the German surname, from Durst (“dryness, thirst”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɜː(ɹ)st/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)st

Proper noun

Durst (plural Dursts)

  1. A surname.

Anagrams

German

Etymology

From Middle High German durst, from Old High German durst, thurst, from Proto-West Germanic *þurstu, from Proto-Germanic *þurstuz, from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”).

Akin to Old Dutch thursti (modern Dutch dorst), Old Saxon thurst, Old English þurst (modern English thirst).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʊʁst/, [dʊʁst], [dʊɐ̯st]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Durst

Noun

Durst m (strong, genitive Durstes or Dursts, no plural)

  1. thirst

Declension

Declension of Durst [sg-only, masculine, strong]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative ein der Durst
genitive eines des Durstes, Dursts
dative einem dem Durst, Durste1
accusative einen den Durst

1Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “Durst” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Durst” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Durst” in Duden online
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