Forst

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Forst. === Proper noun === Forst (plural Forsts) A surname from German. ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Forst is the 13356th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2283 individuals. Forst is most common among White (94.83%) individuals. === Proper noun === Forst A town and administrative seat of Spree-Neiße district, Brandenburg, Germany. Official name: Forst (Lausitz). ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Forst”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 591. == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈforst] === Proper noun === Forst m anim (female equivalent Forstová) a male surname from German ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Forst”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech) == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German forst~vorst, from Old High German forst, likely from Proto-West Germanic *furhiþi. Cognate with English forest. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɔrst/, [fɔʁst], [fɔɐ̯st], [fɔːst] === Noun === Forst m (strong or mixed, genitive Forstes or Forsts, plural Forste or Forsten or (rare, nonstandard) Förste) (chiefly literary or specialist) a forest, at least enclosed, usually also cultivated ==== Usage notes ==== In common speech, only derivatives and compounds of Forst are used. The usual word for any kind of forest is Wald. ==== Declension ==== ==== Antonyms ==== Urwald ==== Hypernyms ==== Wald ==== Derived terms ==== === Proper noun === Forst n (proper noun, genitive Forsts or (optionally with an article) Forst) a town and administrative seat of Spree-Neiße district, Brandenburg; official name: Forst (Lausitz) a municipality of Karlsruhe district, Baden-Württemberg, Germany a municipality of Bad Dürkheim district, Rhineland-Palatinate; official name: Forst an der Weinstraße a municipality of Altenkirchen district, Rhineland-Palatinate a municipality of Cochem-Zell district, Rhineland-Palatinate; official name: Forst (Eifel) a municipality of Cochem-Zell district, Rhineland-Palatinate; official name: Forst (Hunsrück) ==== Declension ==== === Proper noun === Forst m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Forsts or (with an article) Forst, feminine genitive Forst, plural Forsts) a habitational surname === Further reading === “Forst” in Duden online “Forst” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache