Ersti
German, noun/ˈeːɐ̯sti/
Ersti is spelled E-R-S-T-I (5 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 91,399th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ersti is a German masculine noun meaning “frosh, firstie, first-year undergraduate student” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Kurzbezeichnung für einen Studenten im ersten Semester”.
What does Ersti mean in English?
noun
- 1
informalmasculinefrosh, firstie, first-year undergraduate student
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Kurzbezeichnung für einen Studenten im ersten Semester
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Ersti
- Erstis genitive
- Erstie alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ersti?
- /ˈeːɐ̯sti/
- [ˈeːɐ̯stiː]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Ersti
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Ersti in German?
Ersti appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).