Postskriptum
[pɔstˈskʁɪptʊm]
The verdict
“Postskriptum” 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) - angefügte Ergänzung bei einem Text als Ergänzung
Corpus desk
Index DE-postskriptum · Postskriptum · German
Postskriptum · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | Postskriptum |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pɔstˈskʁɪptʊm] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Postskriptum“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Postskriptum is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [pɔstˈskʁɪptʊm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "angefügte Ergänzung bei einem Text als Ergänzung".
Zero misspellings are on record for Postskriptum in our 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 explicit etymology string is stored 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 Postskriptum, spelled P-O-S-T-S-K-R-I-P-T-U-M.
Definition
- 1angefügte Ergänzung bei einem Text als Ergänzung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Postskriptum appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Im Postskriptum fragte sie dann doch noch kurz nach der Gesundheit der Eltern.
„In seinem Postskriptum gestand Larsoneur, er habe Lust, diese Schale kennenzulernen, was sich in Bälde machen ließe, wenn er seine Reise in die Bretagne anträte.“
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.