See also: forst, först, and først

English

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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 13356th 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).

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    Czech

    Pronunciation

    Proper noun

    Forst m anim (female equivalent Forstová)

    1. a male surname from German

    Declension

    Declension of Forst (hard masculine animate)
    singular plural
    nominative Forst Forstové
    genitive Forsta Forstů
    dative Forstovi Forstům
    accusative Forsta Forsty
    vocative Forste Forstové
    locative Forstovi Forstech
    instrumental Forstem Forsty

    Further reading

    • “Forst”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

    German

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    Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

    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.

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    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[1] (in German)
    source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Forst