Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dost

/dʌst/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.92 in modern English

Syllables: dost
IPA: /dʌst/

5

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

second-person singular simple present indicative of do

Archaic

name

A surname from German.

name

Initialism of Department of Science and Technology.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁t Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰédʰeh₁ti Proto-Germanic *dōną Proto-West Germanic *dōn Old English dōn Middle English don English do English -st English dost From do + -st.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Dost

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

doest (alternative) do'st (alternative) Dosts (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

didst do doth thou

Homonyms

dussed dust

Rhymes With

cost prost jost bossed trost rost bost quast drost knost brost just

Questions

How do you pronounce dost?: The recorded pronunciation is /dʌst/.
What does dost mean?: second-person singular simple present indicative of do
Where does dost come from?: It is traced to German.

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