prost

Meaning

cheers (the usual toast when drinking alcohol)

Concepts

cheers

chin chin

skoal

toast

your health

here's to you

here's to your health

Synonyms

servus

👋

Zum Wohl

zum Wohl

zum wohl

Translations

salud

⚕️

à votre santé

cin cin

salute

⚕️

şerefe

salut

⚕️

proost

saúde

⚕️

εις υγείαν

alla salute

santé

⚕️

gezondheid

⚕️

Santat

στην υγειά

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

broscht

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pʁoːst/

Etymology

Cognate with Dutch: proost

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.