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Posen

UK/ˈpəʊ̯.zən/US/ˈpoʊ.zən/

Posen is the dated form of Poznan.

Meaning of Poznan

Proper noun

Poznan

  1. The capital and largest city of Greater Poland Voivodeship, west-central Poland.

Origin of Posen

From German Posen.

Questions about Posen

What is Posen the dated form of?
Posen is the dated form of Poznan.
How do you pronounce Posen?
Posen is pronounced /ˈpəʊ̯.zən/ (UK).

Words near Posen in the dictionary

  1. Poseidonian
  2. posek
  3. poseks
  4. poselet
  5. poselets
  6. Posen
  7. poseq
  8. poser
  9. poserish
  10. poserolaterally
  11. posers

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Posen (page history and authors); Poznan (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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