Holstein

Meanings

Proper Noun

• The region between the rivers Elbe and Eider, to the south of Schleswig, part of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein.

Noun

• A type of dairy cattle, distinctively colored in splotches of black and white.
• A breed of horse, thought to be the oldest of the warmblood breeds, used in show jumping.

Related

Similar words

• Friesian
• Holsteiner

Origin

• From a tribe which inhabited the area, the Holsten / Holtsaten. The name is equivalent to German Holz ("wood") + Sasse, German Low German Holt ("wood") + Sate.
• From the animals' region of origin: the horses came from Schleswig-Holstein, the cows came from the area of Frisia and Holstein.