Frost

== English == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɒst Rhymes: -ɔːst === Proper noun === Frost (countable and uncountable, plural Frosts) A surname. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Livingston Parish, Louisiana. A township in Clare County, Michigan. A minor city in Faribault County, Minnesota. An unincorporated community in Athens County, Ohio. A minor city in Navarro County, Texas. An unincorporated community in Pocahontas County, West Virginia. ==== Derived terms ==== Frostian === See also === === Anagrams === forts, frots == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German vrost, from Old High German frost. Cognate with Dutch vorst, English frost, Icelandic frost. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /frɔst/, [fʁɔst] === Noun === Frost m (strong, genitive Frostes or Frosts, plural Fröste) frost; freezing weather (weather conditions below 0 °C) frost; ice; all the natural phenomena caused by such weather collectively a sensation of cold, especially due to illness ==== Usage notes ==== Though Frost is commonly used for layers of ice or hard snow, it does not specifically refer to the kind of minute ice crystals known as frost in English. For that see Reif. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “Frost” in Duden online “Frost” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache == Plautdietsch == === Etymology === From Middle Low German vrost, from Old Saxon frost, from Proto-West Germanic *frost, from Proto-Germanic *frustaz. === Noun === Frost m frost ==== Derived terms ==== frostijch