prosten
German, verb/ˈpʁoːstn̩/
prosten is spelled P-R-O-S-T-E-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written German, the 285,944th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prosten is a German verb meaning “to raise one's glass, to toast” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich in die Augen schauen und ein Glas erheben, und sich dabei etwas (Gutes, Gesundheit, Prost, prosit)…”.
What does prosten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to raise one's glass, to toast
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich in die Augen schauen und ein Glas erheben, und sich dabei etwas (Gutes, Gesundheit, Prost, prosit) wünschen
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 prosten
- prostet present singular third-person
- prostete past
- geprostet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- prostend participle present
- proste first-person indicative present
- prostest indicative present second-person
- prosteten first-person indicative plural
- prostetest indicative preterite second-person
- prostetet indicative plural preterite
- prost imperative second-person singular
- habe geprostet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geprostet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- prost! imperative singular
- proste! imperative singular
- prostet! imperative plural
- geprostet haben active infinitive perfect
- zu prosten active extended infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prosten?
- /ˈpʁoːstn̩/
- [ˈpʁoːstn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is prosten in German?
prosten appears about once in every 25 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).