postum

German

Alternative forms

• posthum

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔsˈtuːm/

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Adjective

postum (strong nominative masculine singular postumer, not comparable)

1. posthumous

Declension

Positive forms of postum (uncomparable)

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist postum	sie ist postum	es ist postum	sie sind postum
strong declension (without article)	nominative	postumer	postume	postumes	postume
	genitive	postumen	postumer	postumen	postumer
	dative	postumem	postumer	postumem	postumen
	accusative	postumen	postume	postumes	postume
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der postume	die postume	das postume	die postumen
	genitive	des postumen	der postumen	des postumen	der postumen
	dative	dem postumen	der postumen	dem postumen	den postumen
	accusative	den postumen	die postume	das postume	die postumen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein postumer	eine postume	ein postumes	(keine) postumen
	genitive	eines postumen	einer postumen	eines postumen	(keiner) postumen
	dative	einem postumen	einer postumen	einem postumen	(keinen) postumen
	accusative	einen postumen	eine postume	ein postumes	(keine) postumen

Further reading

• “postum” in Duden online
• “postum” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French posthume, from Latin posthumus.

Adjective

postum m or n (feminine singular postumă, masculine plural postumi, feminine and neuter plural postume)

1. posthumous

Declension

Declension of postum

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	postum		postumă	postumi	postume
	definite	postumul		postuma	postumii	postumele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	postum		postume	postumi	postume
	definite	postumului		postumei	postumilor	postumelor

Swedish

Adjective

postum (not comparable)

1. posthumous (arising or taking place after a certain person's death)

Declension

Inflection of postum
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	postum	—	—
Neuter singular	postumt	—	—
Plural	postuma	—	—
Masculine plural3	postume	—	—
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	postume	—	—
All	postuma	—	—
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

References

• postum in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• postum in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• postum in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)