Rostpilz
German, noun[ˈʁɔstˌpɪlt͡s]
Rostpilz is spelled R-O-S-T-P-I-L-Z (8 letters) and appears about once in every 85 million words in written German, the 579,518th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rostpilz is a German masculine noun meaning “rust fungus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Pilz, der meist keine Fruchtkörper bildet und parasitisch auf Gefäßpflanzen lebt”.
What does Rostpilz mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerust fungus
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pilz, der meist keine Fruchtkörper bildet und parasitisch auf Gefäßpflanzen lebt 2. eine Ordnung der Abteilung Ständerpilze
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 Rostpilz
- Rostpilzes genitive
- Rostpilze plural
- Rostpilzen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Rostpilz?
- [ˈʁɔstˌpɪlt͡s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Rostpilz in German?
Rostpilz appears about once in every 85 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).