prost

See also: Prost, -prost, and -prost-

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from German prost.

Interjection

prost

1. cheers (toast when drinking alcohol)
   • 2002, Felipe Juaristi, Itzarri nahi ez zuen printzesa, Alberdania, →ISBN, page 160:

     Prost! Sarjentuak dantzara atera zuen Justina, eta neskatxak onartu.

     Cheers! The sergeant asked Justina to dance, and the girl accepted.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈprost]

Adjective

prost

1. masculine singular nominal predicative of prostý — free (of something), void

   Byl zcela prost jakýchkoliv ambicí.

   He was totally free of any ambitions.

Synonyms

• oproštěn

Related terms

• prosta
• prosti
• prosto

German

Alternative forms

• prosit (dated)

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁoːst/

• Audio:

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Interjection

prost!

1. cheers (the usual toast when drinking alcohol)

   Synonyms: (formal) zum Wohl, (familiar) Stößchen

Derived terms

• prost Mahlzeit
• prost Neujahr
• prosten
• zuprosten

See also

• anstoßen

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse prófasti, prófastr, from Low German [Term?], from Latin propositus, from praepositus.

Noun

prost m (definite singular prosten, indefinite plural proster, definite plural prostene)

1. a dean

Related terms

• prosti

References

• “prost” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse prófasti, prófastr, from Low German [Term?], from Latin propositus, from praepositus.

Noun

prost m (definite singular prosten, indefinite plural prostar, definite plural prostane)

1. a dean

Related terms

• prosti

References

• “prost” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Plautdietsch

Adjective

prost

1. offensive, in bad taste, in poor taste

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic простъ (prostŭ), from Proto-Slavic *prostъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prost/

• Audio:

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Adjective

prost m or n (feminine singular proastă, masculine plural proști, feminine and neuter plural proaste)

1. simple, simple-minded
2. stupid
3. poor (of low quality)

Declension

Declension of prost

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	prost		proastă		proști	proaste
	definite	prostul		proasta		proștii	proastele
genitive- dative	indefinite	prost		proaste		proști	proaste
	definite	prostului		proastei		proștilor	proastelor

Synonyms

• idiot, tâmpit

Adverb

prost

1. poorly, badly

   Synonym: rău

Noun

prost m (plural proști, feminine equivalent proastă)

1. fool, idiot

Declension

Declension of prost

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	prost	prostul		proști	proștii
genitive-dative	prost	prostului		proști	proștilor
vocative	prostule			proștilor

Related terms

• prosti
• prostie

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *prostъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prôst/

Adjective

prȍst (Cyrillic spelling про̏ст, definite prȍstī, comparative prostiji)

1. common, plain, vulgar, ignoble
2. simple, easy, uncomplicated
3. crude, uncivil, impolite, vulgar
4. (mathematics) prime

Declension

positive indefinite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		prost	prosta	prosto
genitive		prosta	proste	prosta
dative		prostu	prostoj	prostu
accusative	inanimate animate	prost prosta	prostu	prosto
vocative		prost	prosta	prosto
locative		prostu	prostoj	prostu
instrumental		prostim	prostom	prostim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		prosti	proste	prosta
genitive		prostih	prostih	prostih
dative		prostim(a)	prostim(a)	prostim(a)
accusative		proste	proste	prosta
vocative		prosti	proste	prosta
locative		prostim(a)	prostim(a)	prostim(a)
instrumental		prostim(a)	prostim(a)	prostim(a)

positive definite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		prosti	prosta	prosto
genitive		prostog(a)	proste	prostog(a)
dative		prostom(u/e)	prostoj	prostom(u/e)
accusative	inanimate animate	prosti prostog(a)	prostu	prosto
vocative		prosti	prosta	prosto
locative		prostom(e/u)	prostoj	prostom(e/u)
instrumental		prostim	prostom	prostim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		prosti	proste	prosta
genitive		prostih	prostih	prostih
dative		prostim(a)	prostim(a)	prostim(a)
accusative		proste	proste	prosta
vocative		prosti	proste	prosta
locative		prostim(a)	prostim(a)	prostim(a)
instrumental		prostim(a)	prostim(a)	prostim(a)

comparative forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		prostiji	prostija	prostije
genitive		prostijeg(a)	prostije	prostijeg(a)
dative		prostijem(u)	prostijoj	prostijem(u)
accusative	inanimate animate	prostiji prostijeg(a)	prostiju	prostije
vocative		prostiji	prostija	prostije
locative		prostijem(u)	prostijoj	prostijem(u)
instrumental		prostijim	prostijom	prostijim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		prostiji	prostije	prostija
genitive		prostijih	prostijih	prostijih
dative		prostijim(a)	prostijim(a)	prostijim(a)
accusative		prostije	prostije	prostija
vocative		prostiji	prostije	prostija
locative		prostijim(a)	prostijim(a)	prostijim(a)
instrumental		prostijim(a)	prostijim(a)	prostijim(a)

superlative forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		najprostiji	najprostija	najprostije
genitive		najprostijeg(a)	najprostije	najprostijeg(a)
dative		najprostijem(u)	najprostijoj	najprostijem(u)
accusative	inanimate animate	najprostiji najprostijeg(a)	najprostiju	najprostije
vocative		najprostiji	najprostija	najprostije
locative		najprostijem(u)	najprostijoj	najprostijem(u)
instrumental		najprostijim	najprostijom	najprostijim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		najprostiji	najprostije	najprostija
genitive		najprostijih	najprostijih	najprostijih
dative		najprostijim(a)	najprostijim(a)	najprostijim(a)
accusative		najprostije	najprostije	najprostija
vocative		najprostiji	najprostije	najprostija
locative		najprostijim(a)	najprostijim(a)	najprostijim(a)
instrumental		najprostijim(a)	najprostijim(a)	najprostijim(a)

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *prostъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prɔ́st/

Adjective

prȍst (not comparable)

1. free (without restrain, bounds)

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Hard
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nom. sing.	pròst	prôsta	prôsto
singular
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	pròst ind prôsti def	prôsta	prôsto
genitive	prôstega	prôste	prôstega
dative	prôstemu	prôsti	prôstemu
accusative	nominativeinan or genitiveanim	prôsto	prôsto
locative	prôstem	prôsti	prôstem
instrumental	prôstim	prôsto	prôstim
dual
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	prôsta	prôsti	prôsti
genitive	prôstih	prôstih	prôstih
dative	prôstima	prôstima	prôstima
accusative	prôsta	prôsti	prôsti
locative	prôstih	prôstih	prôstih
instrumental	prôstima	prôstima	prôstima
plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	prôsti	prôste	prôsta
genitive	prôstih	prôstih	prôstih
dative	prôstim	prôstim	prôstim
accusative	prôste	prôste	prôsta
locative	prôstih	prôstih	prôstih
instrumental	prôstimi	prôstimi	prôstimi

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• “prost”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Swedish

Etymology

Via German Propst and/or Middle Low German prōvest from Latin prōpositus.

Noun

prost c

1. provost: an honorific title for a priest, awarded by the bishop

Declension

Declension of prost

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	prost	prosts
	definite	prosten	prostens
plural	indefinite	prostar	prostars
	definite	prostarna	prostarnas

Related terms

• domprost
• kontraktsprost
• prosteri
• prostgård
• prostinna

References

• prost in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Anagrams

• ports, sport, sport., torps