Mist

From Middle High German mist, from Old High German mist, from Proto-West Germanic *mistu. Cognate with Dutch mest, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃𐍄𐌿𐍃 (maihstus).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪst/

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• Rhymes: -ɪst

Mist m (strong, genitive Mistes or Mists, no plural)

1. manure (domestic animals’ excrement mixed with hay)
   • 2003, Franz Eugen Schlachter, Die Bibel (“Schlachter 2000”), Genfer Bibelgesellschaft, 4 Mose 19:5:

     und die junge Kuh soll er vor seinen Augen verbrennen lassen; ihre Haut und ihr Fleisch, dazu ihr Blut samt ihrem Mist soll man verbrennen.

     and the young cow should be burnt before his eyes; one should burn its skin and its flesh, as well as its blood with its dung.

2. (colloquial) crap, bullshit
3. (Austria) rubbish, garbage, waste

• Mistwetter (relation may be secondary)

Mist

1. crap! darn! (expresses mild annoyance)

   Synonym: Shit

• “Mist” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Mist” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Mist (Dung, Duenger, Dreck, Sache)” in Duden online
• “Mist” in Duden online
• “Mist” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• Mist on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

• IPA^(key): /miʃt/

Mist m

1. manure

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

From Old Norse Mist, from mistr (“cloud”).

Mist f

1. a female given name