Briefkastenfirma
[ˈbʁiːfkastn̩ˌfɪʁma]
The verdict
“Briefkastenfirma” is uncommon German (frequency #91,408 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,408
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - wirtschaftliches Unternehmen, das an seiner als Hauptsitz gemeldeten Adresse lediglich einen Briefkasten unterhält
Corpus desk
Index DE-briefkastenfirma · Briefkastenfirma · German
Briefkastenfirma · rank #91,408 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,408
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Brennwert
Nearest frequency peer: Brennwert (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Briefkastenfirma“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- breiteste
breiteste
8,595 corpus weight
- Brennwert
Brennwert
8,594 corpus weight
- Briefkasten…
Briefkastenfirma
8,593 corpus weight
- Briesen
Briesen
8,592 corpus weight
- bräunen
bräunen
8,590 corpus weight
- Buchautorin
Buchautorin
8,589 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Briefkastenfirma“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Briefkastenfirma |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbʁiːfkastn̩ˌfɪʁma] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Frequency rank | #91,408 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Briefkastenfirma“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Briefkastenfirma is uncommon German at frequency #91,408 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbʁiːfkastn̩ˌfɪʁma]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "wirtschaftliches Unternehmen, das an seiner als Hauptsitz gemeldeten Adresse lediglich einen Briefkasten unterhält".
No misspelling variants are generated for Briefkastenfirma in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Briefkastenfirma, spelled B-R-I-E-F-K-A-S-T-E-N-F-I-R-M-A.
Definition
- 1wirtschaftliches Unternehmen, das an seiner als Hauptsitz gemeldeten Adresse lediglich einen Briefkasten unterhält
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Briefkastenfirma appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wenn ein Unternehmen ein Steuerparadies wie die Cayman-Inseln als Hauptsitz angibt, kann man fast davon ausgehen, dass es sich um eine Briefkastenfirma handelt.
Viele Großkonzerne haben ihre europäische Zentrale in den Niederlanden. Denn dort bekommen internationale Unternehmen große Steuervorteile. Deswegen sind diese Zentralen oft auch nur Briefkastenfirmen.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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