Post

See also: Appendix:Variations of "post"

English

Proper noun

Post (countable and uncountable, plural Posts)

  1. (newspapers) A common name (often in combination) for a newspaper or periodical, such as The Washington Post or the New York Post.
  2. A surname.
  3. A village in Iran.
  4. An unincorporated community in Crook County, Oregon, named after Walter H. Post.
  5. A city, the county seat of Garza County, Texas, named after C. W. Post.

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Dutch

Etymology

From post (“mail; post, position”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔst/
  • Hyphenation: Post
  • Rhymes: -ɔst

Proper noun

Post

  1. a surname

German

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian posta, from posto, from Latin positus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔst/
  • (file)
  • (file)

Noun

Post f (genitive Post, plural (rare) Posten)

  1. (uncountable) mail, post (sent and received letters etc.)
    Hier ist deine Post. ― Here’s your mail.
  2. (usually uncountable) mail, post, postal service (method of sending mail; organisation for it)
    Sie arbeitet bei der Post. ― She works for the mail.
  3. (usually uncountable) post office
    Synonyms: Postfiliale, Postamt
    Ich war gerade auf/bei der Post. ― I’ve just been at the post office.
Declension
Hyponyms
  • Bundespost
  • Fanpost
  • Flugpost
  • Luftpost
  • Reichspost
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English post.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔʊ̯st/, /poːst/

Noun

Post m (strong, genitive Posts, plural Posts)

  1. (Internet, social media) post (individual message in an Internet forum)
Declension

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English post, from Old English post and Old French post, from Latin postis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔʊ̯st/, /poːst/

Noun

Post m (strong, genitive Posts, plural Posts)

  1. (basketball) post (location on the court)
Declension

Noun

Post m (strong, genitive Postes or Posts, no plural)

  1. Obsolete form of Porst.
Declension

Further reading

  • “Post” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Post” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /post/

Noun

Post f (uncountable)

  1. post
  2. post office

Plautdietsch

Noun

Post f

  1. mail, post
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