how to pronounce pest

/pɛst/

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pest is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of pest in a speech by a native speaker of standard german:

“… ich hasse oliven wie die pest also für …”

meanings of pest

noun:

Plague.

pest frequency in german - C1 level of CEFR

the word pest occurs in german on average 7.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.