prost
German, interjection/pʁoːst/
prost is spelled P-R-O-S-T (5 letters) and appears 6.2 times per million words in written German, the 10,439th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prost is a German interjection meaning “cheers (the usual toast when drinking alcohol)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Ausspruch zum Anstoßen beim Trinken bzw. bei einem Toast”.
What does prost mean in English?
interjection
- 1
cheers (the usual toast when drinking alcohol)
- 2
vulgarused as a response to belching or (less often) sneezing
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. Ausspruch zum Anstoßen beim Trinken bzw. bei einem Toast
noun: 1. Ausruf „prost!“
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 prost
- prost! canonical
- Prost alternative
- prosit alternative dated
- Prosit alternative dated
- prösterchen diminutive
- Proste nominative plural
- Prostes genitive singular
- Prosts genitive singular
- Prosten dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prost?
- /pʁoːst/
- [pʁoːst]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to prost
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prost in German?
prost appears 6.2 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).