Briefmarkenkunde
[ˈbʁiːfmaʁkn̩ˌkʊndə]
The verdict
“Briefmarkenkunde” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Kunde und Sammeln von Postwertzeichen (Briefmarken) und die damit meist verbundene Erforschung postgeschichtlicher Dokumente
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Briefmarkenkunde |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbʁiːfmaʁkn̩ˌkʊndə] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Briefmarkenkunde” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Briefmarkenkunde is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbʁiːfmaʁkn̩ˌkʊndə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Kunde und Sammeln von Postwertzeichen (Briefmarken) und die damit meist verbundene Erforschung postgeschichtlicher Dokumente".
No misspelling variants are generated for Briefmarkenkunde in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Briefmarkenkunde, spelled B-R-I-E-F-M-A-R-K-E-N-K-U-N-D-E.
Definition
- 1Kunde und Sammeln von Postwertzeichen (Briefmarken) und die damit meist verbundene Erforschung postgeschichtlicher Dokumente
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Briefmarkenkunde”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-R-I-E-F-M-A-R-K-E-N-K-U-N-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈbʁiːfmaʁkn̩ˌkʊndə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.