Mist

See also: mist and MiST

German

FWOTD – 13 February 2014

Etymology

From Middle High German mist, from Old High German mist, from Proto-West Germanic *mistu. Cognate with Dutch mest, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃𐍄𐌿𐍃 (maihstus).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪst/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɪst

Noun

Mist m (strong, genitive Mistes or Mists, no plural)

1. manure (domestic animals’ excrement mixed with hay)
   • 2003, Franz Eugen Schlachter, Die Bibel (“Schlachter 2000”), Genfer Bibelgesellschaft, 4 Mose 19:5:

     und die junge Kuh soll er vor seinen Augen verbrennen lassen; ihre Haut und ihr Fleisch, dazu ihr Blut samt ihrem Mist soll man verbrennen.

     and the young cow should be burnt before his eyes; one should burn its skin and its flesh, as well as its blood with its dung.

2. (colloquial) crap, bullshit
3. (Austria) rubbish, garbage, waste

Declension

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Mist
genitive	eines	des	Mistes, Mists
dative	einem	dem	Mist, Miste1
accusative	einen	den	Mist

Declension of Mist [sg-only, masculine, strong]

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• ausmisten
• Mistbeet
• misten
• Mistgabel
• Mistgeruch
• Misthaufen
• mistig
• Mistkäfer
• Mistkerl
• Miststück
• Mistvieh

 

Related terms

• Mistwetter (relation may be secondary)

Interjection

Mist

1. crap! darn! (expresses mild annoyance)

   Synonym: Shit

Further reading

• “Mist” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Mist” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Mist (Dung, Duenger, Dreck, Sache)” in Duden online
• “Mist” in Duden online
• “Mist” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• Mist on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miʃt/

Noun

Mist m

1. manure

Derived terms

• Mistgawel
• Mistkefert

 

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse Mist, from mistr (“cloud”).

Proper noun

Mist f (proper noun, genitive singular Mistar)

1. a female given name

Declension

indefinite singular
nominative	Mist
accusative	Mist
dative	Mist
genitive	Mistar

Declension of Mist (sg-only feminine)