Ost
German, noun/ɔst/
Ost is spelled O-S-T (3 letters) and appears 35 times per million words in written German, the 2,344th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ost is a German masculine noun meaning “clipping of Osten: the east” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Kurzform für die Haupthimmelsrichtung Osten in der Navigation, Seefahrt”.
What does Ost mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineclipping of Osten: the east
der Wind kommt aus Ost
- 2
masculinea wind coming from the east (used with article)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Kurzform für die Haupthimmelsrichtung Osten in der Navigation, Seefahrt 2. Wind aus Osten 3. Weltteil 4. Bestimmungswort zu einem Toponym
abbreviation: 1. Originalsoundtrack
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 Ost
- Osts genitive
- O abbreviation
- (der) Ost nominative singular
- des Ost genitive singular
- (dem) Ost dative singular
- (den) Ost accusative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ost?
- /ɔst/
- [ɔst]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Ost
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Ost in German?
Ost appears 35 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).