Postleitzahlen

[ˈpɔstlaɪ̯tˌt͡saːlən]

/[ˈpɔstlaɪ̯tˌt͡saːlən]/ noun

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The verdict

“Postleitzahlen” is uncommon German (frequency #54,802 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,802
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Postleitzahl

Corpus desk

Index DE-postleitzahlen · Postleitzahlen · German

Postleitzahlen · rank #54,802 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,802
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH populärste

Nearest frequency peer: populärste (-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 „Postleitzahlen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Postleitzahlen
PropertyValue
HeadwordPostleitzahlen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpɔstlaɪ̯tˌt͡saːlən]
Letters14
Frequency rank#54,802
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Postleitzahlen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Postleitzahlenfällt 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: „populärste“ (#54,801), „poli“ (#54,800), „Preisliste“ (#54,804). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Postleitzahlen“ bei #54,802. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Postleitzahlen is uncommon German at frequency #54,802 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpɔstlaɪ̯tˌt͡saːlən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Postleitzahlen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Postleitzahlen, spelled P-O-S-T-L-E-I-T-Z-A-H-L-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Postleitzahl
  2. 2
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Postleitzahl
  3. 3
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Postleitzahl
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Postleitzahl

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 "Postleitzahlen"?
"Postleitzahlen" is spelled P-O-S-T-L-E-I-T-Z-A-H-L-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpɔstlaɪ̯tˌt͡saːlən].
What does "Postleitzahlen" mean?
As a noun, "Postleitzahlen" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Postleitzahl
How do you pronounce "Postleitzahlen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Postleitzahlen" is [ˈpɔstlaɪ̯tˌt͡saːlən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Postleitzahlen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Parteikollegen#54,785qualifiziertes#54,824optimistischen#54,776revolutioniert#54,837

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list