rösti
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Alemannic German, from the same root as English roast.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹɜːstɪ/, /ˈɹɒstɪ/, enPR: rûrsʹtĭ, rŏsʹtĭ
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɹɔsti/, /ˈɹʊʃti/, enPR: rôsʹtē, ro͝oshʹtē
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)sti, -ɒsti
Noun
rösti (countable and uncountable, plural röstis)
- A traditional breakfast dish in Germanophone Switzerland (originally from Bern canton) made from potatoes, fried in a pan with butter or fat and widely varying other ingredients such as bacon, onions, cheese, apples or fresh herbs.
- The border between German- and French-speaking Switzerland is known as the “Röstigraben” because only the first traditionally serves rösti at breakfast.
Translations
traditional dish in Germanophone Switzerland made from fried potatoes
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Finnish
Etymology
From German Rösti, from Alemannic German Röschti.
Pronunciation
Noun
rösti
- rösti (traditional breakfast dish in Germanophone Switzerland)
Declension
| Inflection of rösti (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | rösti | röstit | |
| genitive | röstin | röstien | |
| partitive | röstiä | röstejä | |
| illative | röstiin | rösteihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | rösti | röstit | |
| accusative | nom. | rösti | röstit |
| gen. | röstin | ||
| genitive | röstin | röstien | |
| partitive | röstiä | röstejä | |
| inessive | röstissä | rösteissä | |
| elative | röstistä | rösteistä | |
| illative | röstiin | rösteihin | |
| adessive | röstillä | rösteillä | |
| ablative | röstiltä | rösteiltä | |
| allative | röstille | rösteille | |
| essive | röstinä | rösteinä | |
| translative | röstiksi | rösteiksi | |
| abessive | röstittä | rösteittä | |
| instructive | — | röstein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Further reading
- “rösti”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03