hurst

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English hirste (“wood, grove; hillock; sandbank, sandbar”), from Old English hyrst (“hillock, eminence, height, wood, wooded eminence”), from Proto-West Germanic *hursti; akin to Dutch horst (“thicket; bird's nest”), German Horst (“thicket, nest”). === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /hɝst/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /hɜːst/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)st === Noun === hurst (plural hursts) (rare outside place names) A wood or grove. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Hurts, Stuhr, Thurs, hurts == German == === Pronunciation === === Verb === hurst second-person singular present of huren == Middle English == === Noun === hurst alternative form of hirste