how to pronounce должность

/ˈdoɫʐnəsʲtʲ/

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должность is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of должность in a speech by a native speaker of standard russian:

“… кадет это то есть 1 должность при …”

meanings of должность

noun:

Office, post, appointment, position.

должность frequency in russian - B2 level of CEFR

the word должность occurs in russian on average 24.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.