agost

[əˈɣost]

/[əˈɣost]/ noun

The verdict

“agost” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
5
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der achte Monat des Jahres; der August

Corpus desk

Index DE-agost · agost · German

agost · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "A" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for agost
PropertyValue
Headwordagost
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[əˈɣost]
Letters5
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „agost“ im Deutschen

agostschafft es nicht in die Top 100.000 des Deutschen: Zone für Fach-, Alt- oder Seltenwortschatz.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

agost is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [əˈɣost]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "der achte Monat des Jahres; der August".

agost doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is agost, spelled A-G-O-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    der achte Monat des Jahres; der August

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how agost appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. El agost és el vuitè mes de l’any.

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "agost"?
"agost" is spelled A-G-O-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is [əˈɣost].
What does "agost" mean?
As a noun, "agost" means: der achte Monat des Jahres; der August
How do you pronounce "agost"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "agost" is [əˈɣost]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "agost" come from?
"agost" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list