Possen

East Central German

Noun

Possen

1. plural of Poss

Further reading

• 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎^[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 25:

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɔsn̩]

Etymology 1

From Middle High German posse (“prank, farce”), from Old French bosse (“bump, lump, swelling, sublimity, loftiness”), from Vulgar Latin *bottia, from Frankish *bottija, from Frankish *bōtan (“to strike, knock down”), from Proto-Germanic *bautaną (“to beat, push”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewd- (“to beat, push”).

Noun

Possen m (strong, genitive Possens, plural Possen)

1. (dated) joke, practical joke, antics

Declension

Declension of Possen [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Possen	die	Possen
genitive	eines	des	Possens	der	Possen
dative	einem	dem	Possen	den	Possen
accusative	einen	den	Possen	die	Possen

Etymology 2

Noun

Possen

1. plural of Posse

Further reading

• “Possen” in Duden online