prosit

[ˈpʁoːsɪt]

/[ˈpʁoːsɪt]/ intj

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The verdict

“prosit” is uncommon German (frequency #55,627 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,627
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ausspruch zum Anstoßen beim Trinken bzw. bei einem Toast

Corpus desk

Index DE-prosit · prosit · German

prosit · rank #55,627 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,627
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH promovierter

Nearest frequency peer: promovierter (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „prosit“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „prosit“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for prosit
PropertyValue
Headwordprosit
LanguageGerman
Part of speechInterjection
IPA[ˈpʁoːsɪt]
Letters6
Frequency rank#55,627
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „prosit“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).prositfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „promovierter“ (#55,626), „Präfekten“ (#55,628), „programmatischen“ (#55,625). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „prosit“ bei #55,627. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

prosit is uncommon German at frequency #55,627 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as aninterjection, transcribed [ˈpʁoːsɪt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ausspruch zum Anstoßen beim Trinken bzw. bei einem Toast".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for prosit, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is prosit, spelled P-R-O-S-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ausspruch zum Anstoßen beim Trinken bzw. bei einem Toast

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how prosit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Auf gute Zusammenarbeit. Prosit!

Synonyms

zum Wohlzum WohlseinStößchen

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "prosit"?
"prosit" is spelled P-R-O-S-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpʁoːsɪt].
What does "prosit" mean?
As an interjection, "prosit" means: Ausspruch zum Anstoßen beim Trinken bzw. bei einem Toast
How do you pronounce "prosit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prosit" is [ˈpʁoːsɪt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "prosit" come from?
"prosit" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "prosit", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list