Abendsonne

[ˈaːbn̩tˌzɔnə]

/[ˈaːbn̩tˌzɔnə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Abendsonne” is uncommon German (frequency #55,084 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,084
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der Sonnenschein am Abend

Corpus desk

Index DE-abendsonne · Abendsonne · German

Abendsonne · rank #55,084 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,084
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Aberdeen

Nearest frequency peer: Aberdeen (+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 „Abendsonne“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Abendsonne
PropertyValue
HeadwordAbendsonne
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈaːbn̩tˌzɔnə]
Letters10
Frequency rank#55,084
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Abendsonne“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Abendsonnefällt 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: „Aberdeen“ (#55,085), „abgemagert“ (#55,086), „2G“ (#55,081). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Abendsonne“ bei #55,084. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Abendsonne is uncommon German at frequency #55,084 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaːbn̩tˌzɔnə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "der Sonnenschein am Abend".

Abendsonne has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Abendsonne, spelled A-B-E-N-D-S-O-N-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    der Sonnenschein am Abend

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Angeschmiegt an eine senkrechte Felswand liegt die sandige Bucht in der Abendsonne.“
  2. „Die Abendsonne warf ihre letzten Strahlen auf den grünen Grabhügel, und drüben leuchteten die Schneeberge wie ehemals, da sie mit mir in der Abendsonne über die Hügel streifte, die nun zur Ruhe gegangen war.“

Antonyms

MittagssonneMittagsonneMorgensonne

This word in other languages

soleil couchant(Français)

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 "Abendsonne"?
"Abendsonne" is spelled A-B-E-N-D-S-O-N-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaːbn̩tˌzɔnə].
What does "Abendsonne" mean?
As a noun, "Abendsonne" means: der Sonnenschein am Abend
How do you pronounce "Abendsonne"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Abendsonne" is [ˈaːbn̩tˌzɔnə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Abendsonne" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

abgemagert#55,086Ablagerung#55,087Actionfilm#55,093übernimmst#55,075

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list