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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oster

/ˈɑstɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.42 in modern English

Syllables
os-ter
IPA
/ˈɑstɚ/
5
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

Countable; Uncountable

name

An unincorporated community in Carver County, Minnesota, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A city in Chernihiv Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine.

Etymology

Borrowed from German Oster or Swedish Öster.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Oster, Öster, Осте́р

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in People.

Inflected Forms

Osters (plural)

Rhymes With

foster roster gloucester koster zoster gloster doster boster

Questions

How do you pronounce oster?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɑstɚ/.
What does oster mean?
A surname.
Where does oster come from?
It is traced to German.

How to pronounce oster

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