diff --git a/frontend/src/App.tsx b/frontend/src/App.tsx
index 5b5416b..36fad85 100644
--- a/frontend/src/App.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/App.tsx
@@ -1198,9 +1198,9 @@ export const App: React.FC = () => {
               className={`tab-btn ${activeTab === 'triage' ? 'tab-btn-active' : ''}`}
             >
               <Layers className="w-4 h-4" />
-              <span className={`relative inline-flex items-center ${stats.inboxCount > 0 ? 'pr-3' : ''}`}>
+              <span className="inline-flex items-center">
                 <span>Triage</span>
-                <CountBadge count={stats.inboxCount} variant="accent" position="corner" className="-top-0.5 -right-2" />
+                <CountBadge count={stats.inboxCount} variant="accent" position="text" />
               </span>
             </button>
 
@@ -1223,9 +1223,9 @@ export const App: React.FC = () => {
               className={`tab-btn ${activeTab === 'tasks' ? 'tab-btn-active' : ''}`}
             >
               <CheckSquare className="w-4 h-4" />
-              <span className={`relative inline-flex items-center ${stats.tasksOpenCount > 0 ? 'pr-3' : ''}`}>
+              <span className="inline-flex items-center">
                 <span>Aufgaben</span>
-                <CountBadge count={stats.tasksOpenCount} variant="accent" position="corner" className="-top-0.5 -right-2" />
+                <CountBadge count={stats.tasksOpenCount} variant="accent" position="text" />
               </span>
             </button>
 
@@ -1237,9 +1237,9 @@ export const App: React.FC = () => {
               className={`tab-btn ${activeTab === 'lists' ? 'tab-btn-active' : ''}`}
             >
               <ShoppingCart className="w-4 h-4" />
-              <span className={`relative inline-flex items-center ${(stats.listItemsOpenCount ?? 0) > 0 ? 'pr-3' : ''}`}>
+              <span className="inline-flex items-center">
                 <span>Listen</span>
-                <CountBadge count={stats.listItemsOpenCount} variant="accent" position="corner" className="-top-0.5 -right-2" />
+                <CountBadge count={stats.listItemsOpenCount} variant="accent" position="text" />
               </span>
             </button>
           </div>
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/CountBadge.tsx b/frontend/src/components/CountBadge.tsx
index f512dde..b411566 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/CountBadge.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/CountBadge.tsx
@@ -4,14 +4,16 @@ interface CountBadgeProps {
   count: number | undefined | null;
   // accent: something waits for you (nav bar); muted: plain amount (tabs, lists)
   variant?: 'accent' | 'muted';
-  // corner: notification badge on the top right of the nearest `relative` parent
-  position?: 'inline' | 'corner';
+  // corner: notification badge on the top right of the nearest `relative` parent (icons);
+  // text: right after a label, raised and hanging a little over its last letter (tabs, nav bar)
+  position?: 'inline' | 'corner' | 'text';
   showZero?: boolean;
   className?: string; // e.g. to fine-tune the corner offset
 }
 
 // Full class names: Tailwind drops component classes it cannot find literally in the source
 const VARIANT_CLASS = { accent: 'count-badge-accent', muted: 'count-badge-muted' };
+const POSITION_CLASS = { inline: '', corner: 'count-badge-corner', text: 'count-badge-text' };
 
 // The one counter of the app (Doku/ui-patterns.md); hides itself at 0 unless showZero
 export const CountBadge: React.FC<CountBadgeProps> = ({
@@ -25,7 +27,7 @@ export const CountBadge: React.FC<CountBadgeProps> = ({
   const label = count > 99 ? '99+' : String(count);
   return (
     <span
-      className={`count-badge ${VARIANT_CLASS[variant]} ${position === 'corner' ? 'count-badge-corner' : ''} ${className}`}
+      className={`count-badge ${VARIANT_CLASS[variant]} ${POSITION_CLASS[position]} ${className}`}
       aria-label={String(count)}
     >
       {label}
diff --git a/frontend/src/features/lists/SharedListsView.tsx b/frontend/src/features/lists/SharedListsView.tsx
index 88752d8..d09e1dc 100644
--- a/frontend/src/features/lists/SharedListsView.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/features/lists/SharedListsView.tsx
@@ -1063,9 +1063,9 @@ export const SharedListsView: React.FC<SharedListsViewProps> = ({ onRefreshGloba
                 >
                   <span>{lst.icon}</span>
                   {/* Counter on the label, like in the nav bar */}
-                  <span className={`relative inline-flex items-center ${openCount > 0 ? 'pr-3' : ''}`}>
+                  <span className="inline-flex items-center">
                     {lst.title}
-                    <CountBadge count={openCount} position="corner" className="-top-0.5 -right-2" />
+                    <CountBadge count={openCount} position="text" />
                   </span>
                   <AvatarStack
                     people={otherMembers(lst)}
diff --git a/frontend/src/features/triage/TasksView.tsx b/frontend/src/features/triage/TasksView.tsx
index 687dd6f..ac3df51 100644
--- a/frontend/src/features/triage/TasksView.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/features/triage/TasksView.tsx
@@ -1796,9 +1796,9 @@ export const TasksView: React.FC<TasksViewProps> = ({
             }`}
           >
             {/* Counter on the label, like in the nav bar */}
-            <span className={`relative inline-flex items-center ${openTasksCount ? 'pr-3' : ''}`}>
+            <span className="inline-flex items-center">
               Alle Aufgaben
-              <CountBadge count={openTasksCount} position="corner" className="-top-0.5 -right-2" />
+              <CountBadge count={openTasksCount} position="text" />
             </span>
           </button>
 
@@ -1825,9 +1825,9 @@ export const TasksView: React.FC<TasksViewProps> = ({
                 className="h-full px-3 text-xs font-medium flex items-center gap-1.5 rounded-btn"
               >
                 <span>{tl.icon}</span>
-                <span className={`relative inline-flex items-center ${tl.tasksCount ? 'pr-3' : ''}`}>
+                <span className="inline-flex items-center">
                   {tl.title}
-                  <CountBadge count={tl.tasksCount} position="corner" className="-top-0.5 -right-2" />
+                  <CountBadge count={tl.tasksCount} position="text" />
                 </span>
 
                 {(() => {
diff --git a/frontend/src/features/workspace/WorkspaceView.tsx b/frontend/src/features/workspace/WorkspaceView.tsx
index 9708483..fa478bf 100644
--- a/frontend/src/features/workspace/WorkspaceView.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/features/workspace/WorkspaceView.tsx
@@ -1623,9 +1623,9 @@ export const WorkspaceView: React.FC<WorkspaceViewProps> = ({
             }`}
           >
             <Check className="w-3.5 h-3.5 text-status-ok" />
-            <span className={`relative inline-flex items-center ${totalOpenTodos > 0 ? 'pr-3' : ''}`}>
+            <span className="inline-flex items-center">
               To-Dos
-              <CountBadge count={totalOpenTodos} position="corner" className="-top-0.5 -right-2" />
+              <CountBadge count={totalOpenTodos} position="text" />
             </span>
           </button>
 
@@ -1642,9 +1642,9 @@ export const WorkspaceView: React.FC<WorkspaceViewProps> = ({
             }`}
           >
             <Hash className="w-3.5 h-3.5 text-accent" />
-            <span className={`relative inline-flex items-center ${tagsSummary.length > 0 ? 'pr-3' : ''}`}>
+            <span className="inline-flex items-center">
               Hashtags
-              <CountBadge count={tagsSummary.length} position="corner" className="-top-0.5 -right-2" />
+              <CountBadge count={tagsSummary.length} position="text" />
             </span>
           </button>
         </div>
diff --git a/frontend/src/index.css b/frontend/src/index.css
index c1c62f2..7d2f5d0 100644
--- a/frontend/src/index.css
+++ b/frontend/src/index.css
@@ -339,6 +339,14 @@ body {
     /* ring in the page colour keeps the badge readable on top of borders */
     box-shadow: 0 0 0 2px var(--bg-app);
   }
+  /* In the text flow right after a label: only the ring hangs over the last letter (2 px), however many
+     digits; wider numbers make the tab wider instead of covering more of the word */
+  .count-badge-text {
+    position: relative;
+    top: -0.375rem;
+    z-index: 1;
+    box-shadow: 0 0 0 2px var(--bg-app);
+  }
 
   .badge-ok {
     display: inline-flex;