From Middle High German polster, bolster, from Old High German polstar, bolstar, from Proto-West Germanic *bolstr, from Proto-Germanic *bulstraz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- (“bag, pillow, paunch”). Compare English bolster, Dutch bolster, Swedish bolster.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔlstɐ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔlstɐ

Polster n (strong, genitive Polsters, plural Polster) or
Polster (Austria) m (strong, genitive Polsters, plural Pölster)

1. pad, padding
2. upholstery
3. reserve, especially of a financial nature
4. (Austria, South Tyrol) cushion, pillow

   Synonym: Kissen

• In Austria, this noun's gender is masculine, and its plural form is Pölster.

Neuter declension:

Masculine declension:

• Kopfpolster
• Nackenpolster

• Polsterei
• Polsterei
• polstrig
• polstern

• Polstermöbel
• Polstersessel

• → Czech: polštář
• → German Low German: Polster

• “Polster” in Duden online
• “Polster” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Polster” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon