What is the German word for east?

Answer 1

The German word for the compass direction "east" is "osten".

ANSWER

Litterally translated the German word for east is "Ost".

But, according to the sense of a sentence it can become "Osten".

Please look at the following examples:

1 -The house is exposed to the east: das Haus liegt nach Osten;

2 -The border between east and West: die Grenze zwischen Ost und West;

3 -The people of east: die Voelker des Ostens;

4 -Coming from East: aus dem ostens kommen;

5 - East Berlin: Ost Berlin.

It's (roughly) somewhat like in English:

1 - The eastern exposed house.

2 - The line between of eastern and western border

3 - The eastern people.

5 - The eastern Berlin.