Posse

See also: posse

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese posse (“possession; ownership”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔse̝/

Proper noun

Posse f

1. a surname

Related terms

• Pose

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “Posse”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “Posse”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “Posse” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

German

Etymology

Clipping of Possenspiel (Possen (“joke; farce”) + Spiel (“game, play”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɔsə]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

Posse f (genitive Posse, plural Possen)

1. (theater or figuratively) farce, burlesque

Declension

Declension of Posse [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Posse	die	Possen
genitive	einer	der	Posse	der	Possen
dative	einer	der	Posse	den	Possen
accusative	eine	die	Posse	die	Possen

Derived terms

• Gerichtsposse, Justizposse, Politposse, Provinzposse
• Possenspiel, Possentheater

Further reading

• Posse on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

See also

• Possen

Further reading

• “Posse” in Duden online
• “Posse” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache