Vorkoster
German, noun/ˈfoːʁˌkɔstəʁ/
Vorkoster is spelled V-O-R-K-O-S-T-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written German, the 184,742nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vorkoster is a German masculine noun meaning “taster (of food before it is served, especially an agent employed to prevent poisonings)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person, die Speisen oder Getränke vor einer anderen probiert”.
What does Vorkoster mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetaster (of food before it is served, especially an agent employed to prevent poisonings)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Person, die Speisen oder Getränke vor einer anderen probiert
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 Vorkoster
- Vorkosters genitive
- Vorkosterin feminine
- Vorkostern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Vorkoster?
- /ˈfoːʁˌkɔstəʁ/
- [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌkɔs.tɐ]
- [ˈfɔɐ̯-]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Vorkoster in German?
Vorkoster appears about once in every 11 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).