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onstad

/ˈɑnstəd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.45 in modern English

Syllables
on-stad
IPA
/ˈɑnstəd/
7
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Norwegian.

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian Onstad, named after several farmsteads in Norway, many of which were prefixed with Old Norse names followed by staðr (“farmstead”); for example, Augunarstaðir (“Auðun's farm”), from auðr (“wealth”) + un (“friend”) (see vinr) + staðr.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Onstads (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce onstad?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɑnstəd/.
What does onstad mean?
A surname from Norwegian.
Where does onstad come from?
It is traced to Norwegian.

How to pronounce onstad

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