Mast
German, noun/mast/
Mast is spelled M-A-S-T (4 letters) and appears 3.3 times per million words in written German, the 16,674th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mast is a German masculine noun meaning “mast (of a ship)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “senkrecht stehender pfeilerähnlicher Träger (allgemein)”.
What does Mast mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemast (of a ship)
- 2
masculinepylon, pole (holding up wire or cable, e.g. for electricity or a cable car)
noun
- 1
femininemast (fodder made of acorns and beechnuts)
- 2
femininethe process of fattening livestock
- 3
femininea large animal farm
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. senkrecht stehender pfeilerähnlicher Träger (allgemein) 2. senkrecht stehender pfeilerähnlicher Träger speziell auf Schiffen
noun: 1. das Füttern und Aufziehen bestimmter zum Schlachten vorgesehener Nutztiere 2. Nahrung wie Insektenlarven, Wurzeln oder Ähnliches, die sich Wildschweine aus der Erde wühlen 3. Eicheln und Bucheckern als Ertrag eines Jahres, siehe auch Vollmast
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 Mast
- Mastes genitive
- Masts genitive
- Masten plural
- Maste plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Mast?
- /mast/
- [mast]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Mast
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Mast in German?
Mast appears 3.3 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).