Dost
English
editEtymology
editProper noun
editDost (plural Dosts)
- A surname from German.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Dost is the 37442nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 595 individuals. Dost is most common among White (86.89%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Dost”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 483.
Anagrams
editGerman
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German doste (“tuft, bunch”), from Old High German dost, dosto (“tuft, bunch”), from an uncertain Germanic root shared with Gothic 𐌸𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌰 (þusta, “kind of shrub”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editDost m (mixed or strong, genitive Dosts, plural Dosten or Doste)
- tuft (of a plant), something that grows in tufts
- (plural form Doste) any plant of the genus Origanum
- oregano (Origanum vulgare)
- Synonym: Oregano
Declension
editDeclension of Dost [masculine, mixed // strong]
References
edit- ^ “Dost” in Duden online
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Dost”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Further reading
edit- “Dost” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Turkish
editProper noun
editDost
- a male given name
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