hingst

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.

• IPA^(key): [ˈheŋˀsd̥]

hingst c (singular definite hingsten, plural indefinite hingste)

1. stallion (uncastrated male horse)

• “hingst” in Den Danske Ordbog

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hingst

1. second-person singular preterite of hängen

• haingst (Mooring)
• Hingst (Sylt)

From Old Frisian hengst.

hingst m (plural hingster)

1. (Föhr-Amrum) horse

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

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

1. a stallion (uncastrated male horse)

• hannhest

• hoppe
• hunnhest
• merr

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

• avlsdyr
• avlshest
• avlshoppe
• avlsmerr

• “hingst” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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

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

1. a stallion (uncastrated male horse)

• hannhest

• hohest
• hoppe
• merr

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

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

• “hingst” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

hingst c

1. a stallion

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

• hingst in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• hingst in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• hingst in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)