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roesti

roesti is the alternative spelling of rösti.

Meaning of rösti

Noun

rösti (countable and uncountable, plural röstis)

  1. 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.

Forms of roesti

pluralroestis

Questions about roesti

What is roesti the alternative spelling of?
Roesti is the alternative spelling of rösti.

Words near roesti in the dictionary

  1. roeslerstammiids
  2. Roesner
  3. Roesners
  4. Roessler
  5. Roesslers
  6. roesti
  7. roestis
  8. roestone
  9. roestones
  10. Roetgen
  11. Roethke

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Adapted from Wiktionary: roesti (page history and authors); rösti (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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