Hast

See also: hast, hást, häst, and has't

English

Etymology

Various origins:

• Borrowed from German Hast, probably a habitational surname.
• Borrowed from Swedish Hast, a nickname from hast (“haste, hurry”).
• Reduced form of the English surname Hayhurst.

Proper noun

Hast (plural Hasts)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hast is the 39352^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 559 individuals. Hast is most common among White (91.77%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hast”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 140.

German

„Hast“ oder „die biologische Relativität der Zeit“

Etymology

16th century, from Middle Low German hāst, from Middle Dutch haest, a borrowing from Old French haste, itself borrowed from Frankish *hai(f)st, from Proto-Germanic *haifstiz. See English haste for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hast/

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• Hyphenation: Hast
• Rhymes: -ast
• Homophones: hast, hasst

Noun

Hast f (genitive Hast, no plural)

1. (uncountable, chiefly literary) haste

   Synonym: Eile

Declension

Declension of Hast [sg-only, feminine]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Hast
genitive	einer	der	Hast
dative	einer	der	Hast
accusative	eine	die	Hast

Related terms

• hastig
• hasten

Further reading

• “Hast” in Duden online
• “Hast” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache