postwendend

/[ˈpɔstˌvɛndn̩t]/ adj

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#53,162

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

postwendend is anGermanadj. It means: auf den empfangenen Brief sofort reagierend; ohne Verzögerung mit der nächsten Post geschickt Pronounced [ˈpɔstˌvɛndn̩t].

Key facts for postwendend
PropertyValue
Headwordpostwendend
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈpɔstˌvɛndn̩t]
Letters11
Frequency rank#53,162
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of postwendend in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for postwendend is 11 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpɔstˌvɛndn̩t]. Corpus data places it at rank #53,162 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for postwendend in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable 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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is postwendend, spelled P-O-S-T-W-E-N-D-E-N-D, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    auf den empfangenen Brief sofort reagierend; ohne Verzögerung mit der nächsten Post geschickt
  2. 2
    sofort, als Reaktion auf ein Ereignis

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #53,162 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "postwendend"?
"postwendend" is spelled P-O-S-T-W-E-N-D-E-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpɔstˌvɛndn̩t].
What does "postwendend" mean?
As an adj, "postwendend" means: auf den empfangenen Brief sofort reagierend; ohne Verzögerung mit der nächsten Post geschickt
How do you pronounce "postwendend"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "postwendend" is [ˈpɔstˌvɛndn̩t]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "postwendend" come from?
"postwendend" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.