Forst

See also: forst, först, and først

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Forst.

Proper noun

Forst (plural Forsts)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Forst is the 13356^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2283 individuals. Forst is most common among White (94.83%) individuals.

Proper noun

Forst

1. A town and administrative seat of Spree-Neiße district, Brandenburg, Germany. Official name: Forst (Lausitz)

Translations

town in Brandenburg

• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Baršć f

  Upper Sorbian: Baršć f

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Forst”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 591.

German

Etymology

From Middle High German vorst, from Old High German forst, from earlier forhist, from Proto-West Germanic *furhiþi. Cognate with English forest.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔrst/, [fɔʁst], [fɔɐ̯st], [fɔːst]

• Audio:

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Noun

Forst m (strong or mixed, genitive Forstes or Forsts, plural Forste or Forsten or (rare, nonstandard) Förste)

1. (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

Declension of Forst [masculine, strong // mixed]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Forst	die	Forste, Forsten, Förste2
genitive	eines	des	Forstes, Forsts	der	Forste, Forsten, Förste2
dative	einem	dem	Forst, Forste1	den	Forsten, Försten2
accusative	einen	den	Forst	die	Forste, Forsten, Förste2

¹Now rare, see notes.
²Rare, nonstandard.

Hypernyms

• Wald

Derived terms

• aufforsten
• Förster
• Forsthaus
• Forstwesen
• Forstwirtschaft
• Forstwissenschaft

 

Proper noun

Forst n (proper noun, genitive Forsts or (optionally with an article) Forst)

1. A town and administrative seat of Spree-Neiße district, Brandenburg. Official name: Forst (Lausitz)
2. A municipality of Karlsruhe district, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
3. A municipality of Bad Dürkheim district, Rhineland-Palatinate. Official name: Forst an der Weinstraße
4. A municipality of Altenkirchen district, Rhineland-Palatinate
5. A municipality of Cochem-Zell district, Rhineland-Palatinate. Official name: Forst (Eifel)
6. A municipality of Cochem-Zell district, Rhineland-Palatinate. Official name: Forst (Hunsrück)

Declension

Declension of Forst [sg-only, neuter, toponym]

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Forst
genitive	des	Forsts, Forst1
dative	dem	Forst
accusative	das	Forst

¹Optionally with an article.

Proper noun

Forst m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Forsts or (with an article) Forst, feminine genitive Forst, plural Forsts)

1. a habitational surname

Further reading

• “Forst” in Duden online
• “Forst” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache