Nachentgelt
[ˈnaːxʔɛntˌɡɛlt]
The verdict
“Nachentgelt” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gebühr, die vom Empfänger gezahlt werden muss, wenn Postgut nicht ausreichend frankiert wurde
Corpus desk
Index DE-nachentgelt · Nachentgelt · German
Nachentgelt · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Nachentgelt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈnaːxʔɛntˌɡɛlt] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Nachentgelt“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Nachentgelt is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈnaːxʔɛntˌɡɛlt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gebühr, die vom Empfänger gezahlt werden muss, wenn Postgut nicht ausreichend frankiert wurde".
Nachentgelt doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Nachentgelt, spelled N-A-C-H-E-N-T-G-E-L-T.
Definition
- 1Gebühr, die vom Empfänger gezahlt werden muss, wenn Postgut nicht ausreichend frankiert wurde
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Nachentgelt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Weil der Brief, den ihre Tante geschrieben hatte, unterfrankiert war, musste Sophie bei der Post ein Nachentgelt entrichten.
Synonyms
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.