Rösti
German, noun/ˈʁøːsti/
Rösti is spelled R-Ö-S-T-I (5 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 77,779th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rösti is a German feminine noun meaning “rösti, hash browns” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in der Pfanne knusprig gebratener Fladen aus geraffelten Kartoffeln”.
What does Rösti mean in English?
noun
- 1
Switzerlandfemininerösti, hash browns
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. in der Pfanne knusprig gebratener Fladen aus geraffelten Kartoffeln
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 Rösti
- Röstis plural
- Röschti alternative Switzerland
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Rösti?
- /ˈʁøːsti/
- Switzerland /ˈrøːʃti/
- [ˈʁøːsti]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Rösti
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Rösti in German?
Rösti appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).