Frost

See also: frost and fröst

English

Proper noun

Frost

1. A surname

Derived terms

• Frostian

Anagrams

• forts, frots

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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 (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.

Derived terms

• Bodenfrost
• Dauerfrost
• frostig
• Frostbeule
• Frostschaden
• Schüttelfrost

Further reading

• “Frost” in Duden online

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Plautdietsch

Noun

Frost m

1. frost

Derived terms

• frostijch