Dost

See also: dost, döst, Döst, doʻst, and dosť

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Dost (“wild thyme”).

Proper noun

Dost (plural Dosts)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Dost is the 37442^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 595 individuals. Dost is most common among White (86.89%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Dost”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 483.

Anagrams

• T.o.D.s, T. O. D.s, dots, DOTs, DTOs, ToDs, stod, ODTs, tods, TODs, T.O.D.s, T. o. D.s

German

Alternative forms

• Doste, Dosten (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle High German doste, from Old High German dost, dosto (“origanum; tuft”). Further origin unknown. According to Pokorny, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”), see also Norwegian tust (“tuft”), Proto-Germanic *þūmô (“thumb”). Compare Middle Low German doste (either cognate or from the High German).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔst/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Dost m (strong or mixed, genitive Dostes or Dosts, plural Doste or (obsolete) Dosten)

1. (biology) any plant of the genus Origanum
2. (dated, specifically) oregano (Origanum vulgare)

   Synonyms: Oregano, Wilder Majoran, (biology) Echter Dost

3. (obsolete) tuft (of a plant, of hair etc.)

   Synonym: Büschel

Declension

Declension of Dost [masculine, strong // mixed]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Dost	die	Doste, Dosten
genitive	eines	des	Dostes, Dosts	der	Doste, Dosten
dative	einem	dem	Dost, Doste1	den	Dosten
accusative	einen	den	Dost	die	Doste, Dosten

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

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

Turkish

Proper noun

Dost

1. a male given name