Hostie
German, noun/ˈhɔsti̯ə/
Hostie is spelled H-O-S-T-I-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 78,979th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hostie is a German feminine noun meaning “host (consecrated wafer)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “das zur Eucharistie beziehungsweise zum Abendmahl verwendete Brot (meist als Oblaten; je nach Tradition…”.
What does Hostie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehost (consecrated wafer)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. das zur Eucharistie beziehungsweise zum Abendmahl verwendete Brot (meist als Oblaten; je nach Tradition unterschiedliche Vorstellungen)
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 Hostie
- Hostien plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hostie?
- /ˈhɔsti̯ə/
- [ˈhɔsti̯ə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Hostie in German?
Hostie appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).