Posse

See also: posse

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔse̝/

Proper noun

Posse f

  1. a surname

References
  • “Posse” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “Posse” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “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

See also

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