Kraftpost
[ˈkʁaftˌpɔst]
The verdict
“Kraftpost” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - von der Reichspost gegründetes Unternehmen für den Linienbusverkehr mit Postbussen, das nach dem 2. Weltkrieg noch lange sowohl in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (bis 1985) als auch in der DDR (bis...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kraftpost |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈkʁaftˌpɔst] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kraftpost” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Kraftpost is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈkʁaftˌpɔst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "von der Reichspost gegründetes Unternehmen für den Linienbusverkehr mit Postbussen, das nach dem 2. Weltkrieg noch lange sowohl in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (bis 1985) als auch in der DDR (bis...".
Kraftpost doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Kraftpost, spelled K-R-A-F-T-P-O-S-T.
Definition
- 1von der Reichspost gegründetes Unternehmen für den Linienbusverkehr mit Postbussen, das nach dem 2. Weltkrieg noch lange sowohl in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (bis 1985) als auch in der DDR (bis 1953) weitergeführt wurde
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 “Kraftpost”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-R-A-F-T-P-O-S-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈkʁaftˌpɔst] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.