Posten
See also: posten and pošten
German
Alternative forms
- Poste
Etymology
Borrowed in the seventeenth century from Italian posto, beginning in military use.
Pronunciation
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Noun
Posten m (genitive Postens, plural Posten)
- post, station
- job, position
- (trade or accounting) lot, position
- (mining) batch of ore for smelting
- (firearms) buckshot, big dot
- Synonyms: Rehposten, Rehschrot, Sauposten, Sauschrot
Derived terms
Derived terms
- auf verlorenem Posten stehen
- Außenposten
- Beobachtungsposten
- Postenkette
- postieren
- Rechnungsposten
- Restposten
- Schrankenposten
- Vorposten
Further reading
- “Posten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- Posten in Duden online