Forst
English
Etymology
Proper noun
Forst (plural Forsts)
- A surname from German.
Statistics
- 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
Forst
- A town and administrative seat of Spree-Neiße district, Brandenburg, Germany. Official name: Forst (Lausitz).
Translations
town in Brandenburg
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Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Forst”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 591.
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈforst]
Proper noun
Forst m anim (female equivalent Forstová)
- a male surname from German
Declension
Declension of Forst (hard masculine animate)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Forst | Forstové |
| genitive | Forsta | Forstů |
| dative | Forstovi | Forstům |
| accusative | Forsta | Forsty |
| vocative | Forste | Forstové |
| locative | Forstovi | Forstech |
| instrumental | Forstem | Forsty |
Further reading
- “Forst”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)
German
Etymology
From Middle High German forst~vorst, from Old High German forst, likely from Proto-West Germanic *furhiþi. Cognate with English forest.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɔrst/, [fɔʁst], [fɔɐ̯st], [fɔːst]
Audio: (file)
Noun
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
- In common speech, only derivatives and compounds of Forst are used. The usual word for any kind of forest is Wald.
Declension
Declension of Forst [masculine, strong // mixed]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
Antonyms
Hypernyms
Derived terms
- aufforsten
- Förster
- Forsthaus
- Forstwesen
- Forstwirtschaft
- Forstwissenschaft
Proper noun
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
Declension of Forst [sg-only, neuter, toponym]
Proper noun
Forst m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Forsts or (with an article) Forst, feminine genitive Forst, plural Forsts)
- a habitational surname