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prost.

cheers (the usual toast when drinking alcohol)

5 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

intj/pʁoːst/
  1. cheers (the usual toast when drinking alcohol)

  2. used as a response to belching or (less often) sneezing

    vulgar
Where this word comes from

Contraction (early 18th c.) of prosit (16th c.), from Latin prōsit (“may it be beneficial”). Originally used as a blessing in various contexts, e.g. as a polite response to sneezing. Remnants of such freer use are prost Mahlzeit and prost Neujahr. Compare Dutch proost.

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