Feldpost

[ˈfɛltˌpɔst]

/[ˈfɛltˌpɔst]/ noun

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The verdict

“Feldpost” is uncommon German (frequency #87,686 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,686
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Postverkehr in Kriegszeiten zwischen den Frontsoldaten und der Heimat

Corpus desk

Index DE-feldpost · Feldpost · German

Feldpost · rank #87,686 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,686
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH Feigenbaum

Nearest frequency peer: Feigenbaum (-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 „Feldpost“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Feldpost“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Feldpost
PropertyValue
HeadwordFeldpost
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfɛltˌpɔst]
Letters8
Frequency rank#87,686
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Feldpost“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Feldpostfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Feigenbaum“ (#87,685), „festhielten“ (#87,687), „Favela“ (#87,684). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „Feldpost“ bei #87,686. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Feldpost is uncommon German at frequency #87,686 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfɛltˌpɔst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Postverkehr in Kriegszeiten zwischen den Frontsoldaten und der Heimat".

Feldpost has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Feldpost, spelled F-E-L-D-P-O-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Postverkehr in Kriegszeiten zwischen den Frontsoldaten und der Heimat

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Feldpost appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Über die erste niederländische Feldpost ist in einem Beschluss vom 12. August 1597 zu lesen das demnach zwischen Den Haag und s'Gravenwert (einer Rheininsel bei Lobith) ein Reitpostkurs eingerichtet war mit festen Stationen in Alphen, Bodegraven, Utrecht, Rhenen und Arnheim.“
  2. „Die Personalisierungen in einzelnen Abschnitten veranschaulichen die Bedeutung der Feldpost für die »Kommunikationsbeteiligten«.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Feldpost"?
"Feldpost" is spelled F-E-L-D-P-O-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfɛltˌpɔst].
What does "Feldpost" mean?
As a noun, "Feldpost" means: Postverkehr in Kriegszeiten zwischen den Frontsoldaten und der Heimat
How do you pronounce "Feldpost"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Feldpost" is [ˈfɛltˌpɔst]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Feldpost" come from?
"Feldpost" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Feldpost", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list