Drost

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English

Proper noun

Drost (plural Drosts)

  1. A surname.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Drost is the 11355th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2778 individuals. Drost is most common among White (95.75%) individuals.

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

From drost.

The island is indirectly named after poet and playwright Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft (1581 - 1647), who occupied the position of drost of nearby Muiden. See also Hooft and Warenar.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Drost

  1. An island in North Holland, Netherlands
  2. a surname

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Low German droste, from earlier drossete, drotsēte, drotsāte. Cognate with Dutch drost and Middle High German truhtsæze, whence the doublet Truchsess (“steward of a princely household, sewer”). See there for more.

Pronunciation

Noun

Drost m (strong or weak, genitive Drostes or Drosts or Drosten, plural Droste or Drosten)

  1. (Northern Germany, historical) reeve, sheriff, bailiff (official in charge of a rural district)
    Synonyms: Amtshauptmann, Landvogt

Declension

Declension of Drost
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Drost die Droste, Drosten
genitive eines des Drostes, Drosts, Drosten der Droste, Drosten
dative einem dem Drost, Droste1, Drosten den Drosten
accusative einen den Drost, Drosten die Droste, Drosten

1Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

Further reading

Polish

Etymology

Variant of Drozd.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Drost m pers

  1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Drost
singular plural
nominative Drost Drostowie
genitive Drosta Drostów
dative Drostowi Drostom
accusative Drosta Drostów
instrumental Drostem Drostami
locative Droście Drostach
vocative Droście Drostowie

Proper noun

Drost f (indeclinable)

  1. a female surname

Further reading

  • “Drost”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022
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