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rosti

rosti 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 rosti

pluralrostis

Questions about rosti

What is rosti the alternative spelling of?
Rosti is the alternative spelling of rösti.

Words near rosti in the dictionary

  1. rosterite
  2. rosters
  3. rosters on
  4. Rosthern
  5. Rostherne
  6. rosti
  7. rosticceria
  8. rosticcerias
  9. rosting
  10. rostis
  11. Rostislav

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: rosti (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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