Trost

Trost

See also: trost and tröst

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Trost.

Proper noun

Trost (plural Trosts)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Trost is the 8385^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3948 individuals. Trost is most common among White (94.25%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Trost”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• Rotts, Trots, torts, trots

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German trōst, from Old High German trōst, from Proto-West Germanic *traust, from Proto-Germanic *traustą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁoːst/

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Noun

Trost m (strong, genitive Trostes or Trosts, no plural)

1. consolation

Declension

Declension of Trost [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Trost
genitive	eines	des	Trostes, Trosts
dative	einem	dem	Trost, Troste1
accusative	einen	den	Trost

¹Now uncommon, see notes.

Related terms

• trösten
• trostlos

Further reading

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