Ost
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German ōst, from Old High German *ost, from Proto-West Germanic *austr, from Proto-Germanic *austrą. Compare Dutch oost, English east, West Frisian east, Norwegian Bokmål øst, Norwegian Nynorsk aust.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Ost m (strong, genitive Osts or Ost, no plural)
- the east (used without article; a short form of Osten)
- der Wind kommt aus Ost ― the wind is coming from the east
- a wind coming from the east (used with article)
Declension edit
Declension of Ost [sg-only, masculine, strong]
Coordinate terms edit
- (compass points)
Nordwest | Nord | Nordost |
West | Ost | |
Südwest | Süd | Südost |
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “Ost” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Occitan edit
Etymology edit
Named after the Oust river, generally considered to be of Celtic/Gaulish origin (the name in Breton is Oud) and possibly related to the name of the Oltis, or from a derivative of Proto-Celtic *olyos (“all”), if the Gaulish form was a suffixed form of *ollo- (“everything, big”), meaning something like "the big one (river)."[1]
Proper noun edit
Ost ?
Descendants edit
- French: Oust
References edit
- ^ Xavier Delamarre, Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise, éditions errance 2003, p. 240.
- Jòrdi Deledar and Patrici Poujade, "L'Occitan parlé en Ariège", 2001, Pamiers, Cercle Occitan Prospèr Estieu, →ISBN, Page 68.