"Jost" meaning in German

See Jost in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈjoːst/ Forms: Josts [genitive, masculine], Jost [genitive, masculine], Jost [feminine, genitive], Josts [plural]
Head templates: {{de-proper noun|surname}} Jost m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Josts or (with an article) Jost, feminine genitive Jost, plural Josts)
  1. a surname, Jost Tags: feminine, masculine, proper-noun, surname
    Sense id: en-Jost-de-name-nZ2wIiKu Categories (other): German surnames

Proper name

IPA: /ˈjoːst/
Head templates: {{head|de|proper noun}} Jost
  1. a male given name Related terms: Jest, Jœst, Joest, Johst, Joost, Jöst
    Sense id: en-Jost-de-name-h8YdwBAs Categories (other): German given names, German male given names, German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 13 87
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Josts",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Jost",
      "raw_tags": [
        "with an article"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Jost",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Josts",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "surname"
      },
      "expansion": "Jost m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Josts or (with an article) Jost, feminine genitive Jost, plural Josts)",
      "name": "de-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German surnames",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a surname, Jost"
      ],
      "id": "en-Jost-de-name-nZ2wIiKu",
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ],
        [
          "Jost",
          "Jost#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "proper-noun",
        "surname"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈjoːst/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Jost"
}

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "Jost"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "lang_code": "zh",
      "roman": "Yuēsītè",
      "tags": [
        "transliteration",
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "約斯特"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "lang_code": "zh",
      "roman": "Yuēsītè",
      "tags": [
        "transliteration",
        "Simplified-Chinese",
        "transliteration"
      ],
      "word": "约斯特"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "proper noun"
      },
      "expansion": "Jost",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German male given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 87",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a male given name"
      ],
      "id": "en-Jost-de-name-h8YdwBAs",
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "Jest"
        },
        {
          "word": "Jœst"
        },
        {
          "word": "Joest"
        },
        {
          "word": "Johst"
        },
        {
          "word": "Joost"
        },
        {
          "word": "Jöst"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈjoːst/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Jost"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "German entries with incorrect language header",
    "German feminine nouns",
    "German lemmas",
    "German masculine nouns",
    "German nouns with multiple genders",
    "German proper nouns",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Josts",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Jost",
      "raw_tags": [
        "with an article"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Jost",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Josts",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "surname"
      },
      "expansion": "Jost m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Josts or (with an article) Jost, feminine genitive Jost, plural Josts)",
      "name": "de-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German surnames"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a surname, Jost"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ],
        [
          "Jost",
          "Jost#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "proper-noun",
        "surname"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈjoːst/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Jost"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "German entries with incorrect language header",
    "German feminine nouns",
    "German lemmas",
    "German masculine nouns",
    "German nouns with multiple genders",
    "German proper nouns",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "Jost"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "lang_code": "zh",
      "roman": "Yuēsītè",
      "tags": [
        "transliteration",
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "約斯特"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "lang_code": "zh",
      "roman": "Yuēsītè",
      "tags": [
        "transliteration",
        "Simplified-Chinese",
        "transliteration"
      ],
      "word": "约斯特"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "proper noun"
      },
      "expansion": "Jost",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "name",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Jest"
    },
    {
      "word": "Jœst"
    },
    {
      "word": "Joest"
    },
    {
      "word": "Johst"
    },
    {
      "word": "Joost"
    },
    {
      "word": "Jöst"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German given names",
        "German male given names"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a male given name"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈjoːst/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Jost"
}

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