From Middle Low German hengest, hengst, hingest, hingst, from Proto-Germanic *hangistaz, cognate with German Hengst. The Scandinavian word for “horse”, e.g. Danish hest, comes from a Verner alternation variant, *hanhistaz.
hingst c (singular definite hingsten, plural indefinite hingste)
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | hingst | hingsten | hingste | hingstene |
genitive | hingsts | hingstens | hingstes | hingstenes |
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hingst
From Old Frisian hengst.
hingst m (plural hingster)
From Middle Low German hengest, hengst, hingest, hingst.
hingst m (definite singular hingsten, indefinite plural hingster, definite plural hingstene)
From Middle Low German hengest, hengst, hingest, hingst.
hingst m (definite singular hingsten, indefinite plural hingstar, definite plural hingstane)
From Old Swedish hingist, hingest, hengist, from Middle Low German hengest, hengst, hingest, hingst.
hingst c
nominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | hingst | hingsts |
definite | hingsten | hingstens | |
plural | indefinite | hingstar | hingstars |
definite | hingstarna | hingstarnas |