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.

Coordinate terms

• Times

Translations

common name for a newspaper or periodical

• Vietnamese: bưu báo

Anagrams

• OTPs, SPTO, spot, TSOP, OSTP, Tops, pots, TPOs, TOPS, stop, tops, Spot, POTS, opts, PTOs

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/

• Audio:

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• Audio:

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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

Declension of Post [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Post	die	Posten
genitive	einer	der	Post	der	Posten
dative	einer	der	Post	den	Posten
accusative	eine	die	Post	die	Posten

Hyponyms

• Bundespost
• Fanpost
• Flugpost
• Luftpost
• Reichspost

Derived terms

• postalisch
• Postamt
• Postdienst
• Postfiliale
• Postkutsche
• Postleitzahl
• Poststelle
• Postwesen

 

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

Declension of Post [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Post	die	Posts
genitive	eines	des	Posts	der	Posts
dative	einem	dem	Post	den	Posts
accusative	einen	den	Post	die	Posts

Related terms

• posten

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

Declension of Post [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Post	die	Posts
genitive	eines	des	Posts	der	Posts
dative	einem	dem	Post	den	Posts
accusative	einen	den	Post	die	Posts

Etymology 4

Noun

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

1. Obsolete form of Porst.

Declension

Declension of Post [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Post
genitive	eines	des	Postes, Posts
dative	einem	dem	Post, Poste1
accusative	einen	den	Post

¹Now rare, see notes.

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