Obst

See also: obst

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Obst.

Proper noun

Obst (plural Obsts)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Obst is the 36099^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 621 individuals. Obst is most common among White (93.56%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Obst”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from German Obst.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈopst]

Proper noun

Obst m anim (female equivalent Obstová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Obst (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Obst	Obstové
genitive	Obsta	Obstů
dative	Obstovi	Obstům
accusative	Obsta	Obsty
vocative	Obste	Obstové
locative	Obstovi	Obstech
instrumental	Obstem	Obsty

Further reading

• “Obst”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

German

1. Obst

Etymology

From Middle High German obez, from Old High German obaz, from Proto-West Germanic *obaet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oːpst/

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Noun

Obst n (strong, genitive Obstes or Obsts, no plural)

1. fruit (food)

   Heute esse ich nur Obst. ― Today I only eat fruit.

2. (slang) cocaine
   • 2018 July 12, “Wake Up”, Maxwell (lyrics), performed by Moe Phoenix, Gringo, Maxwell, and Laruzo:

     150 Gramm Obst in 'ner Woche einfach weggekifft –
     Nenn es Hochleistungssport!
     Leg paar Lines auf’n Tisch, knall das Koks durch das Rohr!

     150 grams of fruits just toked away in a week –
     Call it high-performance sport!
     Lay some lines on the table, blow the coke through the pipe!

   • 2019 January 30, Til Biermann, “Dreister Kokain-Verkauf per „Obst Lieferservice“-Visitenkarte”, in B.Z.‎^[1]:

     Ein Mann kommt auf den B.Z.-Reporter zu. „Kokain?“, fragt er, drückt Visitenkarten in die Hand und geht. „Alex Obst – Obst & Gemüse Lieferservice“, steht da. „Obst“, das steht für „Koks“. […] Wir sagen, dass wir gerne Obst kaufen würden, das wird ja auf der Visitenkarte angeboten. […] Wir: „Was sind denn so die Preise, oder besprechen wir das dann?“ Der Mann: „0,5 – 50 Euro.“ Also 100 Euro pro Gramm, 100.000 Euro pro Kilo.

     A man appoaches the B.Z. reporter. „Cocaine?“, he asks, puts business cards in my hand and leaves. „Alex Obst – Fruits & Vegetables Delivery“, it says. „Fruits“, that means „cocaine“. […] We say that we would like to buy fruits, as offered on the business card. […] We: „So what are the prices? Or will we talk about that later?“ The man: „0,5 – 50 Euro.“ That means, 100 Euro a gram, 100,000 Euro a kilogram.

Declension

Declension of Obst [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Obst
genitive	eines	des	Obstes, Obsts
dative	einem	dem	Obst, Obste1
accusative	ein	das	Obst

¹Now rare, see notes.

Antonyms

• Gemüse; Nuss

Hypernyms

• Frucht

Derived terms

• Einmachobst
• Fallobst
• Obstbaum
• Obstessig
• Obstfliege
• Obstgabel
• Obstgarten
• Obstgeschäft
• Obstglas
• Obsthandel
• Obsthändler
• Obstkeller
• Obstkiste
• Obstkuchen
• Obstler
• Obstmesser
• Obstregal
• Obstsalat
• Obstschale
• Obstsorten
• Obststand
• Obstteller
• Obstwiese

 

Further reading

• “Obst” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Obst” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Obst” in Duden online
• Obst on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de