# Rostock

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #79,022

## Definitions
1. An independent city in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.
2. A rural district of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Seat: Güstrow.

## Etymology
From German, from Middle Low German Rozstoc, from West Slavic (probably Polabian), from Proto-Slavic *orz-tokъ (“river fork”) (compare Czech roztok).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/rostock