Trost

See also: trost and tröst

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Trost.

Proper noun

Trost (plural Trosts)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Trost is the 8385^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3948 individuals. Trost is most common among White (94.25%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Trost”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• trots, Rotts, Stort, torts, Trots

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtrost]

Proper noun

Trost m anim (female equivalent Trostová)

1. a male surname from German

Declension

Declension of Trost (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Trost	Trostové
genitive	Trosta	Trostů
dative	Trostovi	Trostům
accusative	Trosta	Trosty
vocative	Troste	Trostové
locative	Trostovi	Trostech
instrumental	Trostem	Trosty

Further reading

• “Trost”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

German

Etymology

From Middle High German trōst, from Old High German trōst, from Proto-West Germanic *traust, from Proto-Germanic *traustą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁoːst/

• Audio:

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Noun

Trost m (strong, genitive Trostes or Trosts, no plural)

1. consolation

Declension

Declension of Trost [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Trost
genitive	eines	des	Trostes, Trosts
dative	einem	dem	Trost, Troste1
accusative	einen	den	Trost

¹Now rare, see notes.

Related terms

• trösten
• trostlos

Further reading

• “Trost” in Duden online
• “Trost” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache