Heister

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Heister. === Proper noun === Heister (plural Heisters) A surname from German. ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Heister is the 37442nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 595 individuals. Heister is most common among White (95.29%) individuals. === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Heister”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 157. == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhaɪ̯stər/, [ˈhaɪ̯s.tɐ], [ˈhaɪ̯.stɐ] === Etymology 1 === From Middle High German heister, from Old High German *heistar, from Proto-West Germanic *haistr. The word was rare in Middle High German and its modern specialist use chiefly continues cognate Middle Low German heister, hêster (“young tree”). ==== Noun ==== Heister m (strong, genitive Heisters, plural Heister) (horticulture, specialist) young foliage tree of a height between 1 and 2.5 metres (regional, chiefly dialectal) any young tree, especially a young beech ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== Heisterkamp, Heistermann (surnames) === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Low German Heister, from Middle Low German hēgester, from Old Saxon agastria, from Proto-West Germanic *agastrijā. Doublet of Elster. ==== Noun ==== Heister f (genitive Heister, plural Heistern) (Northern Germany, chiefly Missingsch or in names, idioms) synonym of Elster (“magpie”) ===== Declension =====