Paketbote

[paˈkeːtˌboːtə]

/[paˈkeːtˌboːtə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Paketbote” is uncommon German (frequency #98,892 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#98,892
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die bei einem Paketdienst arbeitet und Paketsendungen an Kunden ausliefert

Corpus desk

Index DE-paketbote · Paketbote · German

Paketbote · rank #98,892 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #98,892
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH ozeanischen

Nearest frequency peer: ozeanischen (-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 „Paketbote“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Paketbote
PropertyValue
HeadwordPaketbote
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[paˈkeːtˌboːtə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#98,892
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Paketbote“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Paketbotefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „ozeanischen“ (#98,891), „Oxide“ (#98,890), „Pamphlete“ (#98,894). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Paketbote“ bei #98,892. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Paketbote is uncommon German at frequency #98,892 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [paˈkeːtˌboːtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die bei einem Paketdienst arbeitet und Paketsendungen an Kunden ausliefert".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Paketbote in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Paketbote, spelled P-A-K-E-T-B-O-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Person, die bei einem Paketdienst arbeitet und Paketsendungen an Kunden ausliefert

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Ein falscher Paketbote hat eine 73-Jährige in ihrer Wohnung in Hamburg-Othmarschen mit einer Waffe bedroht und um 40 Euro beraubt.“
  2. „In Teilen Hessens sind am Freitag die Paketboten der Deutschen Post in einen Warnstreik getreten.“

Synonyms

Paketzusteller

Antonyms

Briefbote

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 "Paketbote"?
"Paketbote" is spelled P-A-K-E-T-B-O-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [paˈkeːtˌboːtə].
What does "Paketbote" mean?
As a noun, "Paketbote" means: Person, die bei einem Paketdienst arbeitet und Paketsendungen an Kunden ausliefert
How do you pronounce "Paketbote"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Paketbote" is [paˈkeːtˌboːtə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Paketbote" come from?
"Paketbote" 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 "Paketbote", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Pamphlete#98,894Petrograd#98,909Phönizier#98,914platziere#98,920

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list