Is it Prost or Prosit?

Prost264 · November 4th, 2007, 11:59 PM

Ever since I was a little kid my family taught me the German way to say "Cheers" is Prost and that Austrians say Prosit. When I was in Germany (Frankfurt am Main mostly) everyone said Prost.

Yet here at school, I have been told by a ton of German speaking kids that I'm saying it wrong and it is, in fact, Prosit.

So whats right here?

Suedschleife · November 5th, 2007, 12:33 AM

Both are correct, Prost is the shortened and more widely used version in Germany, Prosit is still used as well however, but more formal.

Cobol74 · November 5th, 2007, 12:34 AM

These OK for Swiss Germans - I work with lots of Swiss?

Prost264 · November 5th, 2007, 6:03 AM

ahh thank you very much

prost! images/smilies/cheers.gif

cvrefugee · November 5th, 2007, 8:33 AM

So what does 264 mean? Did 263 people already have the username Prost? images/smilies/biggrin.gif

mautzel · November 5th, 2007, 9:10 AM

Might be wrong, but Prosit is the older and a little bit more lyrical version of Prost as far as I'm aware. Prosit is used in the standard chants in the Oktoberfest-tents whereas Prost is the common expression used pretty much everywhere else these days.

jakifirbec · November 5th, 2007, 11:53 AM

Isn't prosit also a polish (or czech word)? Not sure, but i think i heard it said before.
/edit: found it - it is a czech word but the meaning is similar as in my language - to beg. So never mind.

lip · November 5th, 2007, 11:59 AM

Prosit is ok but not much used, Prost is ok (spoken "Proscht" in swiss german) but in my region we use " Zum Wohl" (means "to well-being")

Greetings, lip

Prost264 · November 5th, 2007, 3:27 PM

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Originally Posted by cvrefugee

So what does 264 mean? Did 263 people already have the username Prost? images/smilies/biggrin.gif

264 is because I was the 264th graduating class from my high school. My high school is the second oldest in the country and was the 3rd best (in ~2003) in the country. We are very proud of our school and we take that number to the grave. When you meet someone who also went there, you always introduce yourself by class number first. 8)

ESPNSTI · November 5th, 2007, 3:45 PM

This saying was obviously coined by the French to celebrate Alain Prost's success in F1! images/smilies/tongue.gif

http://www.flyandrive.com/images/mexico90/AlainProst02.jpg

mgkdk · November 5th, 2007, 4:54 PM

Prosit in danish is 'bless you' (or gesundheit, if were speaking german in here)

Buba · November 5th, 2007, 6:20 PM

Guess thats why you say á santè (may have gotten the accents horribly wrong...) in France images/smilies/wink.gif

In Bavaria you never here Prosit, only Prost, so I'd recommend you roll with that...

Cobol74 · November 5th, 2007, 6:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lip

Prosit is ok but not much used, Prost is ok (spoken "Proscht" in swiss german) but in my region we use " Zum Wohl" (means "to well-being")

Greetings, lip

Thanks Lip, much appreciated answer.

Prost264 · November 5th, 2007, 11:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Buba

In Bavaria you never here Prosit, only Prost, so I'd recommend you roll with that...

Everywhere I went in Germany it was Prost only, thats why I held my position that I was correct when arguing with the morons here at school. images/smilies/lol.gif

Karoug · November 6th, 2007, 11:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mgkdk

Prosit in danish is 'bless you' (or gesundheit, if were speaking german in here)

Don't take all the credit for "prosit"!!! It's "prosit" in Sweden and probably norway aswell.. images/smilies/wink.gif

Adunaphel · November 6th, 2007, 12:02 PM

I was always told it was "skol" up there.

Karoug · November 6th, 2007, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Adunaphel

I was always told it was "skol" up there.

"Skål" means "cheers"! Prosit is what you say when somebody sneezes..

ryosuke · November 7th, 2007, 11:51 PM

well, prosit originates from latin the latin word prodesse (actually prosit is the third-person singular conjunctive present of prodesse, if that makes any sense to you) which basically means "it may be helpful/useful." prost is just the german shortened version of prosit. i hope this makes sense, since i just had a couple of prosits in accordance with 4 weizen-beers and a jägermeister and thus i'm quite drunk. images/smilies/biggrin.gif

Karoug · November 8th, 2007, 1:47 PM

^You can't go wrong with Jägermeister!!

November 4th, 2007, 11:59 PM	#1
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November 5th, 2007, 12:33 AM	#2
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jakifirbec Joined: Feb 10th, 2006 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Slovenija Age: 31 Posts: 713 Car: Mazda 6 Rep Power: 18	Isn't prosit also a polish (or czech word)? Not sure, but i think i heard it said before. /edit: found it - it is a czech word but the meaning is similar as in my language - to beg. So never mind. Last edited by jakifirbec; November 5th, 2007 at 11:57 AM.

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mautzel Joined: Jan 28th, 2005 Last Online: October 28th, 2009 Location: Frankfurt/M, Deutschland Age: 29 Posts: 2,461 Car: Golf IV TDI Rep Power: 25	Might be wrong, but Prosit is the older and a little bit more lyrical version of Prost as far as I'm aware. Prosit is used in the standard chants in the Oktoberfest-tents whereas Prost is the common expression used pretty much everywhere else these days.

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lip Joined: Sep 2nd, 2005 Last Online: 4:59 PM Location: Switzerland Posts: 565 Rep Power: 34	Prosit is ok but not much used, Prost is ok (spoken "Proscht" in swiss german) but in my region we use " Zum Wohl" (means "to well-being") Greetings, lip

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ryosuke Joined: Jul 28th, 2005 Last Online: November 15th, 2008 Location: franconofurd, germsmany Age: 24 Posts: 1,618 Car: FZ50 GTR Rep Power: 19	well, prosit originates from latin the latin word prodesse (actually prosit is the third-person singular conjunctive present of prodesse, if that makes any sense to you) which basically means "it may be helpful/useful." prost is just the german shortened version of prosit. i hope this makes sense, since i just had a couple of prosits in accordance with 4 weizen-beers and a jägermeister and thus i'm quite drunk. __________________ Goddo supiido yuu! Burakku emparaa

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