Masculine

Rost

Meaning

  1. (masculine, no-plural, strong) rust (oxidated metal)
  2. (masculine, no-plural, strong) rust (plant disease)

Frequency

C2
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

roscht

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

rooscht

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʁɔst/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German rost, from Old High German rost, from Proto-West Germanic *rust, from Proto-Germanic *rustaz (“rust”), from Proto-Indo-European *rudʰso- (“red”), from *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”).

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