Heister

See also: heister

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Heister.

Proper noun

Heister (plural Heisters)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Heister is the 37442^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 595 individuals. Heister is most common among White (95.29%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Heister”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 157.

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪ̯stər/, [ˈhaɪ̯s.tɐ], [ˈhaɪ̯.stɐ]

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Etymology 1

From Middle High German heister, from Old High German *heistar, from Proto-West Germanic *haistr. The word was rare in Middle High German and its modern specialist use chiefly continues cognate Middle Low German heister, hêster (“young tree”).

Noun

Heister m (strong, genitive Heisters, plural Heister)

1. (horticulture, specialist) young foliage tree of a height between 1 and 2.5 metres
2. (regional, chiefly dialectal) any young tree, especially a young beech

Declension

Declension of Heister [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Heister	die	Heister
genitive	eines	des	Heisters	der	Heister
dative	einem	dem	Heister	den	Heistern
accusative	einen	den	Heister	die	Heister

Derived terms

• Heisterkamp, Heistermann (names)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Low German Heister, from Middle Low German hēgester, from Old Saxon agastria, from Proto-West Germanic *agastrijā. Doublet of Elster.

Noun

Heister f (genitive Heister, plural Heistern)

1. (regional, Northern Germany, chiefly Missingsch or in names, idioms) Synonym of Elster (“magpie”).

Declension

Declension of Heister [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Heister	die	Heistern
genitive	einer	der	Heister	der	Heistern
dative	einer	der	Heister	den	Heistern
accusative	eine	die	Heister	die	Heistern