how to pronounce rost

/ʁɔst/

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rost is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of rost in a speech by a native speaker of standard german:

“… ok tolles titanic noch rost und klappt …”

meanings of rost

noun:

Rust (oxidated metal).
Grill (grid of metal to roast food on).
Grid (number of parallel staffs).
Rust (plant disease).

rost frequency in german - C2 level of CEFR

the word rost occurs in german on average 3.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.