Durst

See also: durst

English

Etymology

From the German surname, from Durst (“dryness, thirst”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɜː(ɹ)st/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)st

Proper noun

Durst (plural Dursts)

1. A surname.

Anagrams

• turds

German

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-West Germanic *þurstu

Old High German durst

Middle High German durst

German Durst

From Middle High German durst, from Old High German durst, thurst, from Proto-West Germanic *þurstu, from Proto-Germanic *þurstuz, from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”).

Akin to Old Dutch thursti (modern dorst), Old English þurst (modern thirst), and Old Saxon thurst.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʊʁst/, [dʊʁst], [dʊɐ̯st]

• Audio (Berlin, Germany):

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• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Durst

Noun

Durst m (strong, genitive Durstes or Dursts, no plural)

1. thirst

   Ich habe Durst.

   I am thirsty. (literally: "I have thirst.")

Declension

Declension of Durst [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Durst
genitive	eines	des	Durstes, Dursts
dative	einem	dem	Durst, Durste1
accusative	einen	den	Durst

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Durststrecke
• Nachdurst
• über den Durst trinken

Related terms

• dürsten
• durstig

Further reading

• “Durst”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• “Durst” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Durst” in Duden online