Rostlaube
German, noun/ˈʁɔstˌlaʊ̯bə/
Rostlaube is spelled R-O-S-T-L-A-U-B-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 163,492nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rostlaube is a German feminine noun meaning “rustbucket” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “stark von Rost befallenes Fahrzeug”.
What does Rostlaube mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinformalrustbucket
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. stark von Rost befallenes Fahrzeug
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 Rostlaube
- Rostlauben plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Rostlaube?
- /ˈʁɔstˌlaʊ̯bə/
- [ˈʁɔstˌlaʊ̯bə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Rostlaube
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Rostlaube in German?
Rostlaube appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).