German noun, masculine · CEFR C1
der Posten
Meaning in English: post, position; item
Example
Sie hat einen neuen Posten in der Firma bekommen.
She has been given a new position in the company.
Der, die or das?
Posten is masculine: der Posten. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Posten?
Posten is number 3,775 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 22 times per million words — about once every 45,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 76% of the words in an ordinary German text. C1 means an advanced word, mostly met in formal or written German.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 3,771Kriegesof the war (genitive)
- 3,772drehento turn; to shoot (a film)
- 3,773vornat the front, in front
- 3,774die Abrechnungbill, statement; settlement
- 3,775der Postenpost, position; item
- 3,776Ergebnissenresults (dative pl.)
- 3,777die Demenzdementia
- 3,778mitbringento bring (along)
- 3,779die Unterhaltungconversation; entertainment
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#3,775
- The most common German nouns#1,619
- German C1 vocabulary#235
- The most common German masculine nouns (der)#415
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