Postminister
[ˈpɔstmiˌnɪstɐ]
The verdict
“Postminister” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Leiter eines Postministeriums
Corpus desk
Index DE-postminister · Postminister · German
Postminister · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | Postminister |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpɔstmiˌnɪstɐ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Postminister“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Postminister is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpɔstmiˌnɪstɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Leiter eines Postministeriums".
Postminister doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Postminister, spelled P-O-S-T-M-I-N-I-S-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Leiter eines Postministeriums
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Postminister appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Seit 1.1.1998 gibt es in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland keinen Postminister mehr.
„Anfang der 1970er-Jahre häuften sich die Anfragen an den damaligen Postminister Georg Leber (SPD) aus der Bevölkerung und aus Politikerkreisen, ob nicht auch die Bundesrepublik Marken zum Umweltschutz herausgeben könne.“
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.