Hengst

See also: hengst

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Hengst.

Proper noun

Hengst (plural Hengsts)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hengst is the 24075^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1046 individuals. Hengst is most common among White (95.12%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hengst”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 163.

Anagrams

• thegns

German

Etymology

From Middle High German hengest, from Old High German hengist, from Proto-West Germanic *hangist, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱanḱest-, *kankest- (“horse”). Cognate with Persian خنگ (xeng).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɛŋst/

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Noun

Hengst m (strong, genitive Hengstes or Hengsts, plural Hengste)

1. stallion (male horse)
2. (colloquial) stallion, stud (virile and sexually potent man)
   • 1996, “Jein”, in Aussen Tophits, Innen Geschmack, performed by Fettes Brot:

     Kaum ist deine Herzallerliebste aus dem Lande / Und du Hengst denkst längst an 'ne Andere

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

• Castrated male horses are often specified as Wallach, leaving Hengst for uncastrated ones. This is not an obligatory restriction, however.

Declension

Declension of Hengst [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Hengst	die	Hengste
genitive	eines	des	Hengstes, Hengsts	der	Hengste
dative	einem	dem	Hengst, Hengste1	den	Hengsten
accusative	einen	den	Hengst	die	Hengste

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Bürohengst
• Klopphengst (“ridgeling, rig”)
• Hengstmann

Further reading

• “Hengst” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Hengst” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Hengst” in Duden online
• Hengst on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de