Postulate
[pɔstuˈlaːtə]
The verdict
“Postulate” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Postulat
Corpus desk
Index DE-postulate · Postulate · German
Postulate · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | Postulate |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pɔstuˈlaːtə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Postulate“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Postulate is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [pɔstuˈlaːtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Postulate has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 Postulate, spelled P-O-S-T-U-L-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Postulat
- 2Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Postulat
- 3Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Postulat
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.