Osten

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".

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔstən/, /ˈɔstn̩/

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• Rhymes: -ɔstən, -ɔstn̩

Osten m (strong, genitive Ostens, no plural)

1. East
2. (only with definite article) The territory of the former GDR.
3. (by extension) anything that is Eastern, e.g. Eastern Europe, Asia

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• (compass points)

Nordwesten	Norden	Nordosten
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Südwesten	Süden	Südosten

• Großer Osten
• Mittlerer Osten
• Naher Osten
• Ostasien
• Ostdeutschland
• Osteuropa
• Österreich
• Osthälfte
• Ostsee
• Ostwind
• östlich

• “Osten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Osten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Osten” in Duden online
• Osten on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

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• IPA^(key): /ˈostən/

Osten m (uncountable)

1. east

• Norden
• Süden
• Westen