Oberst
German, noun[ˈoːbɐst]
Oberst is spelled O-B-E-R-S-T (6 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written German, the 6,647th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Oberst is a German masculine noun meaning “colonel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Dienstgrad über dem Oberstleutnant, höchster Dienstgrad der Stabsoffiziere”.
What does Oberst mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecolonel
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Dienstgrad über dem Oberstleutnant, höchster Dienstgrad der Stabsoffiziere 2. Person, die den Dienstgrad eines Obersts innehat
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 Oberst
- Obersts genitive
- Obersten genitive
- Oberste plural
- O abbreviation
- Obst abbreviation
- Oberstin feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Oberst?
- [ˈoːbɐst]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Oberst
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Oberst in German?
Oberst appears 11 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).