Hengst
See also: hengst
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Proper nounEdit
Hengst (plural Hengsts)
- A surname from German.
StatisticsEdit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Hengst is the 24075th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1046 individuals. Hengst is most common among White (95.12%) individuals.
Further readingEdit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hengst”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 163.
AnagramsEdit
GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle High German hengest, from Old High German hengist, from Proto-West Germanic *hangist.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
Hengst m (strong, genitive Hengstes or Hengsts, plural Hengste)
- stallion (male horse)
- (colloquial) stallion, stud (virile and sexually potent man)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of Hengst [masculine, strong]
Usage notesEdit
- Castrated male horses are often specified as Wallach, leaving Hengst for uncastrated ones. This is not an obligatory restriction, however.
Derived termsEdit
- Bürohengst
- Klopphengst (“ridgeling, rig”)
- Hengstmann
Further readingEdit
- “Hengst” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Hengst” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Hengst” in Duden online
- Hengst on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de