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See also: quest, QUEST, and quest'

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Quest.

Proper noun

Quest (plural Quests)

  1. A surname from German.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Quest is the 35582nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 632 individuals. Quest is most common among White (78.8%) and Black/African American (14.4%) individuals.

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German

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old French queste, from Latin quaesīta.

Noun

Quest f (genitive Quest, plural Questen)

  1. (literature) (hero) quest
    Alternative form: Queste
    Synonyms: Heldenreise, Heldenfahrt
Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English quest.

Noun

Quest f (genitive Quest, plural Quests or (uncommon) Questen)
Quest (uncommon) n or (uncommon) m (strong, genitive Quest, plural Quests)

  1. (video games) quest (task that a player may complete in order to gain a reward)
    • 2016, Martina Gaspar, Christiane Sipeer, transl., Gamify your Life [] , Herder, translation of original by Jane McGonigal, →ISBN, pages 28–29:
      Keine Sorge, das klingt schwerer, als es tatsächlich ist. Ich habe schon so einige faszinierende Persönlichkeiten dieselben vier Quests meistern sehen—unter anderem Oprah Winfrey, Skateboard-Legende und Unternehmer Tony Hawk und Colonel Bat Masterson, Generalarzt der Streitkräfte. [] Hier kommt Ihre erste lebensverändernde Quest.
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Derived terms
  • Seitenquest

Etymology 3

Noun

Quest m (strong, genitive Questes or Quests, plural Queste)

  1. obsolete form of Quast

Proper noun

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

  1. a surname

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