Oost
See also: oost
English
Proper noun
Oost
- A river in Germany
- A resort in Suriname
Anagrams
- SOTO, Soto, Toso, otos, soot, soto
Dutch
Etymology
- (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
- IPA(key): /oːst/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Oost
- Rhymes: -oːst
- Homophone: oost
Proper noun
Oost n
- A village in Texel, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
- A former municipality of Limburg, Netherlands.
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “oost”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
German Low German
Etymology
From Middle Low German ôst, from Old Saxon *ōst, from Proto-Germanic *ōstaz (“branch; node; crotch; knot”). Related to Dutch oest, Old English ōst (“knot; knob”).
Noun
Oost m (plural Oosten or Ööst)
- A knot in a tree; burl
- A knothole