"Osten" meaning in German

See Osten in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈɔstən/, /ˈɔstn̩/ Audio: De-Osten.ogg , De-at-Osten.ogg , De-Osten2.ogg Forms: Ostens [genitive], masculine strong [table-tags], Osten [nominative, singular], Ostens [genitive, singular], Osten [dative, singular], Osten [accusative, singular]
Rhymes: -ɔstən, -ɔstn̩ Etymology: From Ost or Old High German ostan, from Proto-Germanic *austrą, related to *ausos (“dawn”), compare Latin aurora, and Latin auster, which, probably due to a re-orientation, means "South". Etymology templates: {{der|de|goh|ostan}} Old High German ostan, {{der|de|gem-pro|*austrą}} Proto-Germanic *austrą, {{cog|la|aurora}} Latin aurora, {{cog|la|auster}} Latin auster Head templates: {{de-noun|m.sg}} Osten m (strong, genitive Ostens, no plural) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m.sg}}
  1. East Tags: masculine, no-plural, strong
    Sense id: en-Osten-de-noun-TizYUc~a
  2. (only with definite article) The territory of the former GDR. Tags: masculine, no-plural, strong, with-definite-article
    Sense id: en-Osten-de-noun-ScWOldYW Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Compass points Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 3 72 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 21 53 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 71 16 Disambiguation of Compass points: 39 54 6
  3. (by extension) anything that is Eastern, e.g. Eastern Europe, Asia Tags: broadly, masculine, no-plural, strong
    Sense id: en-Osten-de-noun-nOFucmts
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "östlich"
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