postulieren

[pɔstuˈliːʁən]

/[pɔstuˈliːʁən]/ verb

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The verdict

“postulieren” is uncommon German (frequency #77,186 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,186
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas fordern oder zur Bedingung machen

Corpus desk

Index DE-postulieren · postulieren · German

postulieren · rank #77,186 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,186
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH populäres

Nearest frequency peer: populäres (-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 „postulieren“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „postulieren“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for postulieren
PropertyValue
Headwordpostulieren
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[pɔstuˈliːʁən]
Letters11
Frequency rank#77,186
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „postulieren“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).postulierenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „populäres“ (#77,185), „potente“ (#77,187), „Pommer“ (#77,184). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „postulieren“ bei #77,186. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

postulieren is uncommon German at frequency #77,186 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [pɔstuˈliːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for postulieren, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is postulieren, spelled P-O-S-T-U-L-I-E-R-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas fordern oder zur Bedingung machen
  2. 2
    eine grundsätzliche Annahme oder Voraussetzung aufstellen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how postulieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Sie postulierten die Anerkennung der Ehe zwischen Homosexuellen.
  2. 1913 postulierte Niels Bohr das „Bohr'sche Atommodell“.

Synonyms

fordernAnsprüchePostulatden Bogen überspannenannehmenvoraussetzen

This word in other languages

postulate(English)postular(Español)exiger(Français)postular(Português)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "postulieren"?
"postulieren" is spelled P-O-S-T-U-L-I-E-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [pɔstuˈliːʁən].
What does "postulieren" mean?
As a verb, "postulieren" means: etwas fordern oder zur Bedingung machen
How do you pronounce "postulieren"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "postulieren" is [pɔstuˈliːʁən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "postulieren" come from?
"postulieren" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "postulieren", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Politologen#77,182Prinzenpaar#77,191Planstellen#77,175Proprietäre#77,202

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list