Briefumschlag
German, noun/ˈbʁiːfʔʊmˌʃlaːk/
Briefumschlag is spelled B-R-I-E-F-U-M-S-C-H-L-A-G (13 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 52,012th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Briefumschlag is a German masculine noun meaning “envelope (for a letter)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Hülle zum Schutz, zum Versand von Dokumenten, Briefen, Datenträgern und Ähnlichem”.
What does Briefumschlag mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineenvelope (for a letter)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine Hülle zum Schutz, zum Versand von Dokumenten, Briefen, Datenträgern und Ähnlichem
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 Briefumschlag
- Briefumschlages genitive
- Briefumschlags genitive
- Briefumschläge plural
- Briefumschlage dative singular
- Briefumschlägen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Briefumschlag?
- /ˈbʁiːfʔʊmˌʃlaːk/
- [ˈbʁiːfʔʊmˌʃlaːk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Briefumschlag
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Briefumschlag in German?
Briefumschlag appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).