Rost
German, noun/ʁɔst/
Rost is spelled R-O-S-T (4 letters) and appears 3.9 times per million words in written German, the 14,778th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rost is a German masculine noun meaning “rust (oxidated metal)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “rötlich braunes Produkt der Korrosion von Eisen”.
What does Rost mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerust (oxidated metal)
- 2
masculinerust (plant disease)
noun
- 1
masculineneutergrid (number of parallel staffs)
- 2
masculineneutergrill (grid of metal to roast food on)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. rötlich braunes Produkt der Korrosion von Eisen 2. mit rötlich brauner Verfärbung einhergehende Krankheit von Pflanzen durch Pilze
noun: 1. tragfähiges horizontales Gitter, beispielsweise über oder unter einem Feuer
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 Rost
- Rostes genitive
- Roste dative singular
- Röste plural
- Rosten dative definite plural
- Rösten dative definite plural
- Rosts genitive singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Rost?
- /ʁɔst/
- standard /ʁɔst/
- /ʁoːst/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Rost
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Rost in German?
Rost appears 3.9 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).