Frost

See also: frost and fröst

English

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɒst
  • Rhymes: -ɔːst

Proper noun

Frost (countable and uncountable, plural Frosts)

  1. A surname.
  2. A number of places in the United States:
    1. An unincorporated community in Livingston Parish, Louisiana.
    2. A township in Clare County, Michigan.
    3. A minor city in Faribault County, Minnesota.
    4. An unincorporated community in Athens County, Ohio.
    5. A minor city in Navarro County, Texas.
    6. An unincorporated community in Pocahontas County, West Virginia.

Derived terms

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German vrost, from Old High German frost, from Proto-Germanic *frustaz. Cognate with Dutch vorst, English frost, Icelandic frost.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /frɔst/, [fʁɔst]
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Noun

Frost m (strong, genitive Frostes or Frosts, plural Fröste)

  1. frost; freezing weather (weather conditions below 0 °C)
  2. frost; ice; all the natural phenomena caused by such weather collectively
  3. a sensation of cold, especially due to illness

Usage notes
  • Though Frost is commonly used for layers of ice or hard snow, it does not specifically refer to the kind of minute ice crystals known as frost in English. For that see Reif.

Declension
Declension of Frost [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Frost die Fröste
genitive eines des Frostes, Frosts der Fröste
dative einem dem Frost, Froste1 den Frösten
accusative einen den Frost die Fröste

1Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

Further reading
  • “Frost” in Duden online
  • “Frost” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Plautdietsch

Noun

Frost m

  1. frost

Derived terms
  • frostijch
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