dost

[dost]

/[dost]/ noun

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The verdict

“dost” is uncommon German (frequency #60,481 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,481
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sehr nahestehender Mensch, für den man freundschaftliche und kameradschaftliche Gefühle entwickelt hat; Freund

Corpus desk

Index DE-dost · dost · German

dost · rank #60,481 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,481
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH Doppelhaushäl…

Nearest frequency peer: Doppelhaushälfte (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „dost“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „dost“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for dost
PropertyValue
Headworddost
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[dost]
Letters4
Frequency rank#60,481
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „dost“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.dostfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Doppelhaushälfte“ (#60,480), „doubt“ (#60,482), „domine“ (#60,479). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „dost“ bei #60,481. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dost is uncommon German at frequency #60,481 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [dost]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sehr nahestehender Mensch, für den man freundschaftliche und kameradschaftliche Gefühle entwickelt hat; Freund".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for dost, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 dost, spelled D-O-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    sehr nahestehender Mensch, für den man freundschaftliche und kameradschaftliche Gefühle entwickelt hat; Freund

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dost"?
"dost" is spelled D-O-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is [dost].
What does "dost" mean?
As a noun, "dost" means: sehr nahestehender Mensch, für den man freundschaftliche und kameradschaftliche Gefühle entwickelt hat; Freund
How do you pronounce "dost"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dost" is [dost]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dost" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dost", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Doge#60,478Bons#60,430fool#60,568Balz#60,388

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list