Oost

See also: oost

English

Proper noun

Oost

  1. A river in Germany.
  2. A resort in Suriname.

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

  • (Noord-Holland) Potentially attested as ten oesten in 1377, attested with certainty as Oost in 1839-1859. Derived from oost (east).
  • (Limburg) See Oost-Maarland.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oːst/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Oost
  • Rhymes: -oːst
  • Homophone: oost

Proper noun

Oost n

  1. a village in Texel, North Holland, Netherlands
  2. a former municipality of Limburg, Netherlands

References

  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “oost”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

German Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German ôst, from Old Saxon *ōst, from Proto-West Germanic *ōst (branch; node; crotch; knot).

Noun

Oost m (plural Oosten or Ööst)

  1. A knot in a tree; burl
  2. A knothole