Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rostock

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.16 in modern English

Syllables: ro-s-tock
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An independent city in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

name

A rural district of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Seat: Güstrow.

Etymology

From German, from Middle Low German Rozstoc, from West Slavic (probably Polabian), from Proto-Slavic *orz-tokъ (“river fork”) (compare Czech roztok).

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: -, Rozstoc, *orz-tokъ

Questions

What does rostock mean?: An independent city in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.
Where does rostock come from?: It is traced to German.

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