posthumous

Bedeutung

1. After the death of someone.
2. Taking place after one's own death.
3. In reference to a work, published after the author's death.
4. In reference to a musical opus, published or initially performed after the composer's death.
5. Born after the death of one's father.

Mit Bindestrich als

pos‧thum‧ous

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈpɒs.t͡ʃə.məs/

Etymologie

From Latin posthumus, a variant spelling of postumus, superlative form of posterus (“coming after”), the ⟨h⟩ added by association with humus (“ground, earth”) referring to burial.

Sätze

One quarter of all awards for the First World War were posthumous .

Ein Viertel aller Auszeichnungen für den Ersten Weltkrieg war posthum.