Herbst

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Herbst. Doublet of harvest.

Proper noun

Herbst (plural Herbsts)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Herbst is the 4208^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 8419 individuals. Herbst is most common among White (96.23%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Herbst”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 166.

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɛʁpst/, [hɛʁpst], [hɛɐ̯pst]

• Audio:

  (file)

Etymology 1

From Middle High German herbest, from Old High German herbist, from Proto-West Germanic *harbist. Compare Dutch herfst, Low German Harvst, West Frisian hjerst, English harvest.

Noun

Herbst m (strong, genitive Herbstes or Herbsts, plural Herbste)

1. autumn, fall

Declension

Declension of Herbst [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Herbst	die	Herbste
genitive	eines	des	Herbstes, Herbsts	der	Herbste
dative	einem	dem	Herbst, Herbste1	den	Herbsten
accusative	einen	den	Herbst	die	Herbste

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Frühherbst
• Herbst-Tagundnachtgleiche
• Herbstanfang
• herbstartig
• Herbstbeginn
• Herbstferien
• Herbstlaub
• herbstlich
• Herbstluft
• Herbstpunkt
• Herbstreise
• Herbsturlaub
• Herbstwald
• Herbstwetter
• Herbstwind
• Herbstzeit
• Herbstzeitlose
• Nachherbst
• Spätherbst
• Vollherbst

 

See also

• Ernte
• Weinlese
• (seasons) Jahreszeit; Frühjahr/‎Frühling,‎ Sommer,‎ Herbst,‎ Winter ^{(Category: de:Seasons) [edit]}

Seasons in German · Jahreszeiten (layout · text) · category
Frühjahr (“spring”), Frühling (“spring”), Lenz (“spring”)	Sommer (“summer”)	Herbst (“autumn”), Spätling (“autumn”)	Winter (“winter”)

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

From Middle High German Herbest.

Proper noun

Herbst m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Herbsts or (with an article) Herbst, feminine genitive Herbst, plural Herbsts)

1. a surname from Middle High German

Descendants

• English: Herbst

Further reading

• Forebears