posthum
German, adjective[pɔstˈhuːm]
posthum is spelled P-O-S-T-H-U-M (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 49,558th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Posthum is a German adjective meaning “alternative spelling of postum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nach jemandes Tod erfolgend, nachträglich geschehend”.
What does posthum mean in English?
adjective
- 1
alternative spelling of postum
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. nach jemandes Tod erfolgend, nachträglich geschehend
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 posthum
- posthumer masculine nominative singular
- posthume feminine nominative singular
- posthumes neuter nominative singular
- posthumen genitive masculine singular
- posthumem dative masculine singular
- der posthume definite includes-article masculine
- die posthume definite feminine includes-article
- das posthume definite includes-article neuter
- die posthumen definite includes-article nominative
- des posthumen definite genitive includes-article
- der posthumen definite feminine genitive
- dem posthumen dative definite includes-article
- den posthumen dative definite includes-article
- postum alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce posthum?
- [pɔstˈhuːm]
- [pɔsˈtuːm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to posthum
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is posthum in German?
posthum appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).