BEER Ch. 3 Horst

[Kai Frederik Lorentzen]

The reason why the name was so very popular during the early Nazi years 
is the historical Horst Wessel and his song which became the Nazi party 
anthem after Wessel was murdered in 1930.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_Wessel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst-Wessel-Lied

On 21.10.2013 13:33, Kai Frederik Lorentzen wrote:
>
> Horst, before 1905 only common among aristocrats,  was the most 
> popular German name for boys in 1934; since 1965 it's practically not 
> used anymore. Why? Well, it simply sounds too Nazi like in 
> contemporary ears ... Today there are also connotations of stupidity: 
> "Vollhorst" is an equivalent of "Vollidiot" (complete idiot). I doubt 
> that Pynchon was aware of that.
>
> http://www.beliebte-vornamen.de/5014-horst.htm
>
>
> On 21.10.2013 03:57, Dave Monroe wrote:
>> Horst Loeffler
>>
>>
>> Horst is a Germanic word (see horst and Horst) cognate with English
>> hurst, both derived from Proto-Germanic *hurstiz, meaning "elevated
>> land overgrown with shrubs", "thicket", or "eyrie" (the nest of a bird
>> of prey).
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst
>>
>> The name is of Old High German origin, meaning "man from the forest",
>> "bosk" or "brushwood". In modern German, "Horst" is also the
>> equivalent of English aerie, the nest of an eagle.
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_%28given_name%29
>>
>> In physical geography and geology, a horst is the raised fault block
>> bounded by normal faults or graben. A horst is formed from extension
>> of the Earth's crust. The raised block is a portion of the crust that
>> generally remains stationary or is uplifted while the land has dropped
>> on either side.
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_%28geology%29
>>

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