prost

(Anglès)

cheers (the usual toast when drinking alcohol)

Freqüència

B1
Dialectes

Basilea-Camp

Basilea-Camp

broscht

Dades proporcionades per: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/pʁoːst/
Etimologia (Anglès)

In summary

Contraction (early 18th c.) of prosit (16th c.), from Latin prōsit (“may it be beneficial”). Originally used as a blessing in various contexts, e.g. as a response to sneezing. Remnants of such freer use are prost Mahlzeit and prost Neujahr. Compare Dutch proost.

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