Horst
German, noun
Horst is spelled H-O-R-S-T (5 letters) and appears 28 times per million words in written German, the 2,961st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Horst is a German masculine noun meaning “the nest of a bird of prey, an eyrie” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, hörst is a different word: “second-person singular present of hören”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Nest eines Greifvogels”.
What does Horst mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethe nest of a bird of prey, an eyrie
- 2
masculinebush; thicket; small forest
- 3
masculinemilitary airport; air force base
- 4
masculinehorst
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculineloser; nerd; idiot
Alter, du bist so ein Horst!
verb
- 1
second-person singular present of hören
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nest eines Greifvogels 2. mehrere dicht stehende Bäume
verb: 1. 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs hören
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 Horst
- Horstes genitive
- Horsts genitive
- Horste plural
- Horsten dative definite plural
- Hurst alternative archaic
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Horst
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Horst in German?
Horst appears 28 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).