Dictionary Definition
horst n : a ridge of the earth's crust that has
been forced upward between two faults and so is higher than the
surrounding land
User Contributed Dictionary
Pronunciation
IPA: /hɔ:st/Noun
horst- an area of the earth's surface which is raised relative to
surrounding land
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- 1968: Your body is a horst and mine a graben, because horst is the opposite of graben. — Anthony Burgess, Enderby Outside
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Antonyms
Extensive Definition
Horst is a German name and may refer to:
- Horst (geology)
- Horst aan de Maas, a town in the Netherlands
- Horst (Inheritance), a character in the popular book Eragon
- Horst, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, a municipality in the Nordvorpommern district, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
- Horst, Steinburg, a municipality in the Steinburg district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
- Horst, Lauenburg, a municipality, part of the Amt Lauenburgische Seen, Lauenburg district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
- Horst Buchholtz, a German actor
- Horst P. Horst, a German photographer
- Horst Köhler, President of Germany
- Horst Wessel, right-wing political activist, assassinated in pre-Nazi-Germany
- Horst (Ermelo), a town in the Netherlands
- Martin van der Horst, a Dutch volleyball player
- Horst Staley, a MacArthur midshipman in the Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle science fiction novel The Mote in God's Eye
horst in German: Horst
horst in Esperanto: Horst
horst in French: Horst (homonymie)
horst in Dutch: Horst
horst in Japanese: ホルスト
horst in Volapük: Horst