Last
See also: last, lȧst, läst, låst, and læst
English
Etymology
Various origins:
- English metonymic occupational surname for a cobbler, from last (“a tool for shaping shoes”).
- Borrowed from Dutch and German Last, an occupational surname for a porter.
Proper noun
Last (plural Lasts)
- A surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Last is the 15922nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1825 individuals. Last is most common among White (92.66%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Last”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 400.
German
Etymology
From Middle High German last, from Old High German last, hlast, from Proto-Germanic *hlastuz, from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂- (“to put, lay out”), whence English laden. Compare English last and ballast.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /last/
Audio (file) - Homophone: lasst
Noun
Last f (genitive Last, plural Lasten)
- load, burden
- 1921, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Trommel, in Weberin Schuld, G. Grote'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 18:
- Und sie ging gebückt, als trage sie eine schwere Last, […]
- And she walked bowed as if she carried a heavy load, […]
- 1921, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Trommel, in Weberin Schuld, G. Grote'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 18:
Declension
Declension of Last [feminine]
singular | plural | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | eine | die | Last | die | Lasten |
genitive | einer | der | Last | der | Lasten |
dative | einer | der | Last | den | Lasten |
accusative | eine | die | Last | die | Lasten |
Derived terms
- Altlast
- Grundlast
- lästig
Related terms
- belästigen
- laden
- Laden
Further reading
- “Last” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Last” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Last” in Duden online
Last on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Last”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891