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English
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Drost (plural Drosts)
- A surname.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Drost is the 11355th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2778 individuals. Drost is most common among White (95.75%) individuals.
Anagrams
[edit]Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From drost.
The island is indirectly named after poet and playwright Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft (1581 - 1647), who occupied the position of drost of nearby Muiden. See also Hooft and Warenar.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Drost
- An island in North Holland, Netherlands
- a surname
German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Low German droste, from earlier drossete, drotsēte, drotsāte. Cognate with Dutch drost and Middle High German truhtsæze, whence the doublet Truchsess (“steward of a princely household, sewer”). See there for more.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Drost m (strong or weak, genitive Drostes or Drosts or Drosten, plural Droste or Drosten)
- (Northern Germany, historical) reeve, sheriff, bailiff (official in charge of a rural district)
- Synonyms: Amtshauptmann, Landvogt
Declension
[edit]Declension of Drost [masculine, strong // weak]
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Drost on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- “Drost” in Duden online
- “Drost” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Variant of Drozd.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Drost m pers
- a male surname
Declension
[edit]Declension of Drost
Proper noun
[edit]Drost f (indeclinable)
- a female surname
Further reading
[edit]- “Drost”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022
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