Luster

See also: Lüster and luster

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Luster or, possibly, a variant of Lester.

Proper noun

Luster (plural Lusters)

  1. A surname from German.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Luster is the 4823rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 7316 individuals. Luster is most common among Black/African American (48.17%) and White (44.67%) individuals.

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German

Etymology

The form may be directly from Italian lustro and the sense "chandelier", which appears not to exist in this language, through influence of French lustre, itself from the Italian. Or the word may be from French entirely (like Lüster) and the back vowel due to spelling pronunciation.

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

Noun

Luster m (strong, genitive Lusters, plural Luster)

  1. (Austria) alternative form of Lüster (“chandelier; metallic coating”)

Declension

Declension of Luster [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Luster die Luster
genitive eines des Lusters der Luster
dative einem dem Luster den Lustern
accusative einen den Luster die Luster

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Luster

  1. a municipality of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Luster

  1. a municipality of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
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