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Meet der Posten

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All 5 meanings

  1. post, station
  2. job, position
  3. (trading or accounting) lot, position
  4. (mining) batch of ore for smelting
  5. (firearms) buckshot, big dot

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For der Posten, use the coloured columns: masculine and plural.

der, die, das
Casemasculinefeminineneuterplural
nominativederdiedasdie
accusativedendiedasdie
dativedemderdemden
ein, kein, mein: ein has no plural. mein, dein, sein, ihr, unser… end like kein.
Casemasculinefeminineneuterplural
nominativeeineineeinkeine
accusativeeineneineeinkeine
dativeeinemeinereinemkeinen

Plural die Posten

Examples

  1. 1
    Der freie Posten passt zu Anna.The vacant position suits Anna.Nominative · subjectPractise „frei“ →
  2. 2
    Wir suchen einen neuen Posten in der Verwaltung.We are looking for a new position in administration.Accusative · suchenPractise „neu“ →
  3. 3
    Sie ist mit dem neuen Posten zufrieden.She is happy with the new position.Dative · mitPractise „neu“ →
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