hingst

See also: Hingst

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German hengest, hengst, hingest, hingst, from Proto-Germanic *hangistaz, cognate with German Hengst. The Scandinavian word for “horse”, e.g. Danish hest, comes from a Verner alternation variant, *hanhistaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈheŋˀsd̥]

Noun

hingst c (singular definite hingsten, plural indefinite hingste)

1. stallion (uncastrated male horse)

Declension

Declension of hingst

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hingst	hingsten	hingste	hingstene
genitive	hingsts	hingstens	hingstes	hingstenes

References

• “hingst” in Den Danske Ordbog

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɪŋst/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Homophone: hinkst (except in very careful speech)

Verb

hingst

1. second-person singular preterite of hängen

North Frisian

Alternative forms

• haingst (Mooring)
• Hingst (Sylt)

Etymology

From Old Frisian hengst.

Noun

hingst m (plural hingster)

1. (Föhr-Amrum) horse

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German hengest, hengst, hingest, hingst.

Noun

hingst m (definite singular hingsten, indefinite plural hingster, definite plural hingstene)

1. a stallion (uncastrated male horse)

Synonyms

• hannhest

Coordinate terms

• hoppe
• hunnhest
• merr

Derived terms

• avlshingst, alshingst, alehingst
• klapphingst (= ridgeling, rig)
• stohingst

See also

• avlsdyr
• avlshest
• avlshoppe
• avlsmerr

References

• “hingst” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German hengest, hengst, hingest, hingst.

Noun

hingst m (definite singular hingsten, indefinite plural hingstar, definite plural hingstane)

1. a stallion (uncastrated male horse)

Synonyms

• hannhest

Coordinate terms

• hohest
• hoppe
• merr

Derived terms

• avlshingst, alshingst, alehingst
• klapphingst (= ridgeling, rig)
• stohingst

See also

• avlsdyr, alsdyr, aledyr
• avlshest
• avlshoppe
• avlsmerr

References

• “hingst” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

en ståtlig hingst [a stately stallion [though "ståtlig" sounds less old-fashioned in Swedish] / a majestic stallion / etc.

Etymology

From Old Swedish hingist, hingest, hengist, from Middle Low German hengest, hengst, hingest, hingst.

Noun

hingst c

1. a stallion

Declension

Declension of hingst

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	hingst	hingsts
	definite	hingsten	hingstens
plural	indefinite	hingstar	hingstars
	definite	hingstarna	hingstarnas

Related terms

• arabhingst
• avelshingst
• hingstdepå
• hingstföl
• hingstpremiering
• hingstuppfödning
• kamelhingst
• klapphingst
• stridshingst
• unghingst
• åsnehingst

See also

• avelssto
• föl
• häst
• löpare
• springare
• sto
• stuteri

References

• “hingst”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “hingst”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “hingst”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• hingst in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)