Röstigraben
German, noun
Röstigraben is spelled R-Ö-S-T-I-G-R-A-B-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 46 million words in written German, the 406,877th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Röstigraben is a German masculine noun meaning “the perceived cultural border between German- and French-speaking Switzerland” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, Röstigräben is a different word: “plural of Röstigraben”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Grenze zwischen dem deutschsprachigen und dem französischsprachigen Teil der Schweiz; auch damit in…”.
What does Röstigraben mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethe perceived cultural border between German- and French-speaking Switzerland
noun
- 1
masculineplural of Röstigraben
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Grenze zwischen dem deutschsprachigen und dem französischsprachigen Teil der Schweiz; auch damit in Verbindung gebrachte Unterschiede in Kultur und Mentalität der Bewohner
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 Röstigraben
- Röstigrabens genitive
- Röstigräben plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is Röstigraben in German?
Röstigraben appears about once in every 46 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).