postieren
[pɔsˈtiːʁən]
The verdict
“postieren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemanden/etwas an einer bestimmten Stelle platzieren
Corpus desk
Index DE-postieren · postieren · German
postieren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | postieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [pɔsˈtiːʁən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „postieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
postieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [pɔsˈtiːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemanden/etwas an einer bestimmten Stelle platzieren".
Zero misspellings are on record for postieren in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 postieren, spelled P-O-S-T-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemanden/etwas an einer bestimmten Stelle platzieren
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how postieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Niko stapfte die Treppe hinunter und postierte sich vor der vorderen Glastür, wo er sechs Tage zuvor aufgetaucht war, um die ankommenden Gäste zu begrüßen.“
This word in other languages
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.