Oost

See also: oost

English

Proper noun

Oost

1. A river in Germany.
2. A resort in Suriname.

Anagrams

• soot, Toso, SOTO, otos, soto, Soto, OOTS

Dutch

Etymology

• (Noord-Holland) Potentially attested as ten oesten in 1377, attested with certainty as Oost in 1839-1859. Derived from oost (“east”).
• (Limburg) See Oost-Maarland.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oːst/

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• Hyphenation: Oost
• Rhymes: -oːst
• Homophone: oost

Proper noun

Oost n

1. a village in Texel, North Holland, Netherlands
2. a former municipality of Limburg, Netherlands

References

• van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “Oost”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎ (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

German Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German ôst, from Old Saxon *ōst, from Proto-West Germanic *ōst (“branch; node; crotch; knot”).

Noun

Oost m (plural Oosten or Ööst)

1. A knot in a tree; burl
2. A knothole