Rostrum
German, noun[ˈʁɔstʁʊm]
Rostrum is spelled R-O-S-T-R-U-M (7 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 134,701st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rostrum is a German neuter noun meaning “rostrum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “spitz zulaufender Fortsatz an Körperteilen oder Organen bestimmter Tierarten”.
What does Rostrum mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterrostrum
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. spitz zulaufender Fortsatz an Körperteilen oder Organen bestimmter Tierarten 2. spitz zulaufende Verlängerung des Bugs mancher Kriegsschiffe, die dem Rammen anderer diente
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 Rostrum
- Rostrums genitive
- Rostren plural
- Rostra plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Rostrum?
- [ˈʁɔstʁʊm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Rostrum
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Rostrum in German?
Rostrum appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).