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Prosit is a Latin word from which the Germanized short form prost is derived. It is a toast , i.e. a shout when drinking a usually alcoholic drink or when toasting the well-being of a person or a group of people. The term originally comes from the student language at the beginning of the 18th century and has found its way into the general language from there. The English word toast is also used for a solemn form in connection with a short speech .

Word origin

Originally the Latin form; it is based on the verb prodesse use, to be beneficial . Correspondingly, prosit represents the conjugated form (3rd person singular subjunctive present active) and is therefore a desired formula: "It is useful" or "It is beneficial". Prosit , like the colloquial prost, probably originally goes back to the student language.

use

Georg Mühlberg: "Ein Prosit" (1900), a connection student at toasting on a pub

The expressions “Wohl get's!”, “Zum Wohl!” Are used synonymously as well as an unusually large number of counterparts from foreign languages.

The shouting itself is also referred to as cheers .

The verb form is to toast (the prefix zu means that the process is directed towards a counterpart).

Another meaning (mainly used in Swabian language) is a burp , which is also known as "Prositle".

The toast is followed by the act of stumbling. This means that the drinking vessels are audibly bumped against each other, which is often associated with other rules such as making eye contact. This ritual is often traced back to an alleged medieval custom, which was supposed to prevent poisoning by the drinking companions by mixing a few drops from the vessels when toasting them. In all likelihood, however, this was not a suitable method for this purpose; It was much more effective for all members of a round table to drink from one or more common vessels, which had long been the norm.

It is used when sneezing in Danish , Norwegian and Swedish .

Examples

  • "Cheers!"
  • "Happy New Year!"
  • "Pros (i) t together!"
  • "! Cheers meal" "Well then Prost!" Or (in Swiss German ) "Proscht Nageli!" They say colloquially , if you expect nothing good or - ironically meant - with anger, disappointment, etc.
  • "Cheers you sacks!" - Answer: "Cheers you sack!" (Crude toast , often used at regulars' tables .)
  • "Well then, cheers, who has nothing de host!" ( North German toast), Well then cheers, if you have nothing (in the glass), (should) cough.
  • "Cheers that d'Gurgl net rust't!" ( Bavarian toast), cheers , so that the gurgles don't rust.
  • “Prost Noagerl!” , Also “Prost Noagal!” In Bavaria when toasting with the last remaining drink (Noagerl) in a beer glass, mug or bottle
  • "Ein Prosit der Gemütlichkeit" Consistent drinking song z. B. at the Munich Oktoberfest
  • "Do a / dei Prositle!" (Swabian invitation to toddlers after the meal to make their little burger )
  • A wide variety of joke forms of the word are used, such as B. Prostate or the diminutive form of prösterchen .

See also

Web links

Commons : Prosit  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wiktionary: prost  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cheers, colloquially cheers at Duden Online.
  2. ↑ Ludwig Ringseis: Ringseis' Bavarian Dictionary, Bayerland Publishing House, Dachau, 2004, ISBN 3-89251-350-3