Briefgeheimnis
German, noun/ˈbʁiːfɡəˌhaɪ̯mnɪs/
Briefgeheimnis is spelled B-R-I-E-F-G-E-H-E-I-M-N-I-S (14 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written German, the 184,742nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Briefgeheimnis is a German neuter noun meaning “secrecy of correspondence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Grundrecht, das garantiert, dass Briefe und Postsendungen nur von ihrem Empfänger geöffnet werden dürfen”.
What does Briefgeheimnis mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutersecrecy of correspondence
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Grundrecht, das garantiert, dass Briefe und Postsendungen nur von ihrem Empfänger geöffnet werden dürfen
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 Briefgeheimnis
- Briefgeheimnisses genitive
- Briefgeheimnisse dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Briefgeheimnis?
- /ˈbʁiːfɡəˌhaɪ̯mnɪs/
- [ˈbʁiːfɡəˌhaɪ̯mnɪs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Briefgeheimnis in German?
Briefgeheimnis appears about once in every 11 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).