Grenzposten
[ˈɡʁɛnt͡sˌpɔstn̩]
The verdict
“Grenzposten” is uncommon German (frequency #90,357 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,357
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gesamtheit der Einrichtungen (Gebäude, Sperranlagen), die der Kontrolle von Personen und Verkehr beim Grenzübertritt dienen
Corpus desk
Index DE-grenzposten · Grenzposten · German
Grenzposten · rank #90,357 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,357
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH Grenzverkehr
Nearest frequency peer: Grenzverkehr (+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 „Grenzposten“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- grauenvollen
grauenvollen
9,649 corpus weight
- grausamste
grausamste
9,647 corpus weight
- Grenzposten
Grenzposten
9,644 corpus weight
- Grenzverkehr
Grenzverkehr
9,643 corpus weight
- griechischem
griechischem
9,642 corpus weight
- Grundbuchamt
Grundbuchamt
9,640 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Grenzposten“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Grenzposten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡʁɛnt͡sˌpɔstn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #90,357 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Grenzposten“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Grenzposten is uncommon German at frequency #90,357 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡʁɛnt͡sˌpɔstn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Grenzposten, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Grenzposten, spelled G-R-E-N-Z-P-O-S-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1Gesamtheit der Einrichtungen (Gebäude, Sperranlagen), die der Kontrolle von Personen und Verkehr beim Grenzübertritt dienen
- 2Person, deren Aufgabe es ist, Grenzübertritte zu kontrollieren
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Grenzposten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Wie alle Grenzposten auf der Welt war auch Taleb Larbi am Übergang zu Algerien ein trostloser Ort, der nur aus ein Paar niedrigen Betongebäuden und einer Schranke über der Straße bestand.“
„Beim türkischen Grenzposten gab es Probleme, ein Stempel würde angeblich fehlen.“
Synonyms
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).