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Osten.

East

5 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɔstən//ˈɔstn̩/
  1. East

    masculine · no-plural · strong
  2. The territory of the former GDR.

    masculine · no-plural · strong · with-definite-article
  3. anything that is Eastern, e.g. Eastern Europe, Asia

    broadly · masculine · no-plural · strong
Where this word comes from

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".

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