Heister
German, noun/ˈhaɪ̯stər/
Heister is spelled H-E-I-S-T-E-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 102,515th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Heister is a German masculine noun meaning “young foliage tree of a height between 1 and 2.5 metres” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gehölzform für baumartig wachsende Gehölze: jung, circa 1-2 m hoch, mit einem oder mehreren Leittrieben und…”.
What does Heister mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineyoung foliage tree of a height between 1 and 2.5 metres
- 2
masculineany young tree, especially a young beech
noun
- 1
femininesynonym of Elster (“magpie”)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gehölzform für baumartig wachsende Gehölze: jung, circa 1-2 m hoch, mit einem oder mehreren Leittrieben und seitlichen Ästen aber ohne Krone
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Heister
- Heisters genitive
- Heistern dative definite plural
- Hei abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Heister?
- /ˈhaɪ̯stər/
- [ˈhaɪ̯s.tɐ]
- [ˈhaɪ̯.stɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Heister in German?
Heister appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).