Postwagen
[ˈpɔstˌvaːɡn̩]
The verdict
“Postwagen” 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) - Fahrzeug der Post
Corpus desk
Index DE-postwagen · Postwagen · German
Postwagen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | Postwagen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpɔstˌvaːɡn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Postwagen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Postwagen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpɔstˌvaːɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Postwagen in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, 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 Postwagen, spelled P-O-S-T-W-A-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1Fahrzeug der Post
- 2kurz für Bahnpostwagen
- 3veraltet: Kutschwagen der Post
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Postwagen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Am Tag zuvor hatte der letzte Postwagen Paris verlassen.“
„Mit dem Fortschreiten des Bahnbaues und der Eröffnung der ersten Stationen wurden eigene in Deutschland für die Schantungbahn hergestellte Postwagen, die mit dem Abzeichen der Kaiserlichen Deutschen Post versehen waren, in Gebrauch genommen.“
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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.