Rist

See also: rist

English

Proper noun

Rist (plural Rists)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Rist is the 15600^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1874 individuals. Rist is most common among White (93.12%) individuals.

Anagrams

• RTIs, ISTR, stir, sirt, SIRT, tris-, TRIS, STIR, rits, TIRs, TRIs, Tris, tris

Estonian

Proper noun

Rist (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. a surname

German

Etymology

From Middle High German rist, from Old High German rist, from Proto-Germanic *wristuz. Compare English wrist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɪst/

• Audio:

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Noun

Rist m (strong, genitive Ristes, plural Riste)

1. (regional) instep
2. (anatomy) back of the hand
3. withers

Declension

Declension of Rist [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Rist	die	Riste
genitive	eines	des	Ristes	der	Riste
dative	einem	dem	Rist, Riste1	den	Risten
accusative	einen	den	Rist	die	Riste

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Außenrist
• Aussenrist
• Fußrist
• Fussrist
• Innenrist
• Widerrist

 

Further reading

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