Ost

See also: ost, OST, ôt, öst, øst, osť, -ost, and -osť

German

Etymology

From Middle High German ōst, from Old High German *ost, from Proto-West Germanic *austr, from Proto-Germanic *austrą. Compare Dutch oost, English east, West Frisian east, Norwegian Bokmål øst, Norwegian Nynorsk aust.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɔst/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔst

Noun

Ost m (strong, genitive Osts or Ost, no plural)

  1. the east (used without article; a short form of Osten)
    der Wind kommt aus Ost ― the wind is coming from the east
  2. a wind coming from the east (used with article)

Declension
Declension of Ost [sg-only, masculine, strong]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative ein der Ost
genitive eines des Osts, Ost
dative einem dem Ost
accusative einen den Ost

Coordinate terms
  • (compass points)
Nordwest Nord Nordost
West Ost
Südwest Süd Südost

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Kashubian: óst

Further reading
  • “Ost” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Occitan

Etymology

Named after the Oust river, generally considered to be of Celtic/Gaulish origin (the name in Breton is Oud) and possibly related to the name of the Oltis, or from a derivative of Proto-Celtic *olyos (“all”), if the Gaulish form was a suffixed form of *ollo- (“everything, big”), meaning something like "the big one (river)."[1]

Proper noun

Ost ?

  1. Oust (a village in the Ariège department, France)

Descendants

References
  1. Xavier Delamarre, Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise, éditions errance 2003, p. 240.
  • Jòrdi Deledar and Patrici Poujade, "L'Occitan parlé en Ariège", 2001, Pamiers, Cercle Occitan Prospèr Estieu, →ISBN, Page 68.
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