Horchposten
German, noun[ˈhɔʁçˌpɔstn̩]
Horchposten is spelled H-O-R-C-H-P-O-S-T-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 138,538th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Horchposten is a German masculine noun meaning “listening post” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “vorgelagerter Standort, an dem zur Sicherung der eigenen Truppe verdächtige Geräusche oder Gespräche…”.
What does Horchposten mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelistening post
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. vorgelagerter Standort, an dem zur Sicherung der eigenen Truppe verdächtige Geräusche oder Gespräche belauscht werden 2. Stelle, von der aus jemand oder etwas belauscht werden kann
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Horchposten
- Horchpostens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Horchposten?
- [ˈhɔʁçˌpɔstn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Horchposten in German?
Horchposten appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).