Hengst

Borrowed from German Hengst.

Hengst (plural Hengsts)

1. A surname from German.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hengst is the 24075^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1046 individuals. Hengst is most common among White (95.12%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hengst”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 163.

• thegns

From Middle High German hengest, from Old High German hengist, from Proto-Germanic *hangistaz, which see for more.

• IPA^(key): /hɛŋst/

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Hengst m (strong, genitive Hengstes or Hengsts, plural Hengste)

1. stallion (male horse)
2. (colloquial) stallion, stud (virile and sexually potent man)
   • 1996, “Jein”, in Aussen Tophits, Innen Geschmack‎^[1], performed by Fettes Brot:

     Kaum ist deine Herzallerliebste aus’m Lande / Und du Hengst denkst längst an ’ne Andere

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• Castrated male horses are often specified as Wallach, leaving Hengst for uncastrated ones. This is not an obligatory restriction, however.

• Bürohengst
• Klopphengst (“ridgeling, rig”)
• Hengstmann

• “Hengst” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Hengst” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Hengst” in Duden online
• Hengst on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de