Poststempel
[ˈpɔstˌʃtɛmpl̩]
The verdict
“Poststempel” is uncommon German (frequency #88,143 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,143
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stempel der Post (Gerät)
Corpus desk
Index DE-poststempel · Poststempel · German
Poststempel · rank #88,143 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,143
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH potenten
Nearest frequency peer: potenten (+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 „Poststempel“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Polizeigese…
Polizeigesetz
11,864 corpus weight
- polling
polling
11,862 corpus weight
- Poststempel
Poststempel
11,858 corpus weight
- potenten
potenten
11,857 corpus weight
- powerful
powerful
11,856 corpus weight
- Preisspanne
Preisspanne
11,854 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Poststempel“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Poststempel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpɔstˌʃtɛmpl̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #88,143 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Poststempel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Poststempel is uncommon German at frequency #88,143 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpɔstˌʃtɛmpl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Poststempel in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 Poststempel, spelled P-O-S-T-S-T-E-M-P-E-L.
Definition
- 1Stempel der Post (Gerät)
- 2Abdruck von [1]
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Poststempel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Poststempel kamen ab 1764 nach dem Vorbild von Franklin zum Einsatz, zunächst auf Zeilenstempel mit Ortsnamen beschränkt.“
„Der einzige signifikante irische Poststempel aus dieser Zeit der postalischen Unabhängigkeit ist ein Stempel zur Aufteilung der bezahlten Taxe für die englische Verwaltung und die irische Verwaltung.“
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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