Postsendung
[ˈpɔstˌzɛndʊŋ]
The verdict
“Postsendung” 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) - mit der Post an einen Empfänger verschickte Sendung (Brief, Paket, undsoweiter)
Corpus desk
Index DE-postsendung · Postsendung · German
Postsendung · 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 "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 | Postsendung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpɔstˌzɛndʊŋ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Postsendung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Postsendung is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpɔstˌzɛndʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mit der Post an einen Empfänger verschickte Sendung (Brief, Paket, undsoweiter)".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Postsendung, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Postsendung, spelled P-O-S-T-S-E-N-D-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1mit der Post an einen Empfänger verschickte Sendung (Brief, Paket, undsoweiter)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Postsendung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Für diese Postsendungen nutzen wir nicht die Deutsche Post.“
„Es dauerte ganze 170 Jahre von der Realisierung der ersten Idee einer im voraus zu entrichtenden Freimachung von Postsendungen in Frankreich, bis sie im Jahre 1840 in England wieder aufgenommen wurde.“
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.