Heister
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English
Etymology
Proper noun
Heister (plural Heisters)
- A surname from German.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Heister is the 37442nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 595 individuals. Heister is most common among White (95.29%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Heister”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 157.
German
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle High German heister, from Old High German *heistar, from Proto-West Germanic *haistr. The word was rare in Middle High German and its modern specialist use chiefly continues cognate Middle Low German heister, hêster (“young tree”).
Noun
Heister m (strong, genitive Heisters, plural Heister)
- (horticulture, specialist) young foliage tree of a height between 1 and 2.5 metres
- (regional, chiefly dialectal) any young tree, especially a young beech
Declension
Declension of Heister
Derived terms
- Heisterkamp, Heistermann (names)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Low German Heister, from Middle Low German hēgester, from Old Saxon agastria, from Proto-West Germanic *agastrijā. Doublet of Elster.
Noun
Heister f (genitive Heister, plural Heistern)
- (regional, Northern Germany, chiefly Missingsch or in names, idioms) Synonym of Elster (“magpie”).