Altjahrestag
[ˈaltjaːʁəsˌtaːk]
The verdict
“Altjahrestag” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - letzter Tag eines Jahres; Silvester
Corpus desk
Index DE-altjahrestag · Altjahrestag · German
Altjahrestag · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" 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 | Altjahrestag |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaltjaːʁəsˌtaːk] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Altjahrestag“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Altjahrestag is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaltjaːʁəsˌtaːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "letzter Tag eines Jahres; Silvester".
Zero misspellings are on record for Altjahrestag in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Altjahrestag, spelled A-L-T-J-A-H-R-E-S-T-A-G.
Definition
- 1letzter Tag eines Jahres; Silvester
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Altjahrestag appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Am Altjahrestag habe ich mit meiner Freundin eine wunderschöne Schitour gemacht.“
„Am Weihnachts-Heiligenabend und am Altjahrestag konnten wir wieder Lichterkirche halten.“
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.