Oost

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English[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Oost

  1. A river in Germany
  2. A resort in Suriname

Anagrams[edit]

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

  • (Noord-Holland) Potentially attested as ten oesten in 1377, attested with certainty as Oost in 1839-1859. Derived from oost (east).
  • (Limburg) See Oost-Maarland.

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Oost n

  1. A village in Texel, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
  2. A former municipality of Limburg, Netherlands.

References[edit]

  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “oost”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

German Low German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Low German ôst, from Old Saxon *ōst, from Proto-West Germanic *ōst (branch; node; crotch; knot).

Noun[edit]

Oost m (plural Oosten or Ööst)

  1. A knot in a tree; burl
  2. A knothole