# die Post

die Post is a German noun meaning “mail”. Forms: der Post.

## Forms

- Genitive: der Post

## In other languages

- Русский: почта, почтовое отделение, почтамт
- Українська: пошта

## Noun

1. _uncountable_ mail, post (sent and received letters etc.)
   - Hier ist deine Post. — Here’s your mail.
2. _uncountable_ mail, post, postal service (method of sending mail; organisation for it)
   - Sie arbeitet bei der Post. — She works for the mail.
3. _uncountable_ post office
   - Ich war gerade auf/bei der Post. — I’ve just been at the post office.

## Noun

1. _Internet_ post (individual message in an Internet forum)

## Noun

1. post (location on the court)

## Examples

- Ich will, dass du zur Post gehst. — I want you to go to the post office.
- Wirst du es mit der Post schicken? — Will you send it by mail?
- Der Brief ging auf der Post verloren. — The letter was lost in the post.
- In der Post gab es eine Warteschlange. — There was a queue at the post office.
- Ich schicke das Buch per Post. — I'll send the book by mail.

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Sources: Meanings and forms from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).
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