"Osten" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɔstən/, /ˈɔstn̩/ Audio: De-Osten.ogg [Germany], De-at-Osten.ogg [Austria] 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: {{m|de|Ost}} Ost, {{der|de|goh|ostan}} Old High German ostan, {{der|de|gem-pro|*austrą}} Proto-Germanic *austrą, {{m|ine-pro|*ausos||dawn}} *ausos (“dawn”), {{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
  3. (by extension) anything that is Eastern, e.g. Eastern Europe, Asia Tags: broadly, masculine, no-plural, strong Categories (topical): Compass points
    Sense id: en-Osten-de-noun-nOFucmts Disambiguation of Compass points: 28 9 64 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 1 14 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Großer Osten, Mittlerer Osten, Naher Osten, Ostasien, Ostdeutschland, Osteuropa, Österreich, Osthälfte, Ostsee, Ostwind, östlich

Inflected forms

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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɔstn̩/"
    },
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    {
      "word": "Mittlerer Osten"
    },
    {
      "word": "Naher Osten"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ostasien"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ostdeutschland"
    },
    {
      "word": "Osteuropa"
    },
    {
      "word": "Österreich"
    },
    {
      "word": "Osthälfte"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ostsee"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ostwind"
    },
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      "word": "östlich"
    }
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      ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈɔstn̩/"
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