Dost

See also: dost, döst, Döst, doʻst, and dosť

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Dost.

Proper noun

Dost (plural Dosts)

  1. A surname from German.

Statistics

  • 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

German

Etymology

From 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

  • IPA(key): /dɔst/
  • (file)

Noun

Dost m (mixed or strong, genitive Dosts, plural Dosten or Doste)

  1. tuft (of a plant), something that grows in tufts
  2. (plural form Doste) any plant of the genus Origanum
  3. oregano (Origanum vulgare)
    Synonym: Oregano

Declension

References

  1. Dost” in Duden online
  2. Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Dost”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Further reading

  • Dost” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Turkish

Proper noun

Dost

  1. a male given name
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