Surname · also German
Förster
Förster is a surname from Middle High German, ultimately from Old High German. It is used in German.
Original GermanForster
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Förster comes from Middle High German, and ultimately from Old High German.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Middle High German forster, from Old High German forstāri.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Förster’s family of names
In German usage, Förster as a surname has a related form in FERSTER. In German usage, Förster as a surname has a related form in FOERSTER. In German usage, Förster as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the English form Forester.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Forstervariant · German
- Förstlevariant · German
- Vorstervariant · German
- Fürstervariant · German
- Forstnervariant · German
- Forstmannvariant · German
- Forstenvariant · German
- Förstvariant · German
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Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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