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Possen

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East Central German

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Noun

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Possen

  1. plural of Poss

Further reading

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  • 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

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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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

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Possen m (strong, genitive Possens, plural Possen)

  1. (dated) joke, practical joke, antics
Declension
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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Possen

  1. plural of Posse

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