Briefwaage
German, noun[ˈbʁiːfˌvaːɡə]
Briefwaage is spelled B-R-I-E-F-W-A-A-G-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 56 million words in written German, the 458,101st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Briefwaage is a German feminine noun meaning “letter balance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Waage, die dazu dient, das Gewicht von Briefen zu bestimmen”.
What does Briefwaage mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineletter balance
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine Waage, die dazu dient, das Gewicht von Briefen zu bestimmen
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 Briefwaage
- Briefwaagen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Briefwaage?
- [ˈbʁiːfˌvaːɡə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Briefwaage in German?
Briefwaage appears about once in every 56 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).