am Sankt-Nimmerleins-Tag

[am zaŋktˈnɪmɐlaɪ̯nsˌtaːk]

/[am zaŋktˈnɪmɐlaɪ̯nsˌtaːk]/ phrase

The verdict

“am Sankt-Nimmerleins-Tag” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
24
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - an keinem Zeitpunkt, zu keiner Zeit

Corpus desk

Index DE-am-sankt-nimmerleins-tag · am Sankt-Nimmerleins-Tag · German

am Sankt-Nimmerleins-Tag · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 24 letters
  • VOW-7 7 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.

Key facts for am Sankt-Nimmerleins-Tag
PropertyValue
Headwordam Sankt-Nimmerleins-Tag
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[am zaŋktˈnɪmɐlaɪ̯nsˌtaːk]
Letters24
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „am Sankt-Nimmerleins-Tag“ im Deutschen

am Sankt-Nimmerleins-Tagsitzt jenseits der 100.000 häufigsten deutschen Formen, im Schwanz spezialisierten oder seltenen Wortschatzes.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

am Sankt-Nimmerleins-Tag is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [am zaŋktˈnɪmɐlaɪ̯nsˌtaːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "an keinem Zeitpunkt, zu keiner Zeit".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for am Sankt-Nimmerleins-Tag, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is am Sankt-Nimmerleins-Tag, spelled A-M- -S-A-N-K-T---N-I-M-M-E-R-L-E-I-N-S---T-A-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    an keinem Zeitpunkt, zu keiner Zeit

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how am Sankt-Nimmerleins-Tag appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Wann das aber geschieht, hängt von der Zustimmung oder dem Veto des Kremls ab: in ein, zwei oder fünf Jahren oder am Sankt-Nimmerleins-Tag, wie das österreichische Beispiel zeigt.“
  2. „Wirtschaftsverbandsvorsitzender Otto Weißenberger (Kurdirektor und Bürgermeister von Bad Dürrheim) schilderte das drohende Unheil in apokalyptischen Farben: ‚Wir werden absaufen – und das nicht erst am Sankt-Nimmerleins-Tag.‘“

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "am Sankt-Nimmerleins-Tag"?
"am Sankt-Nimmerleins-Tag" is spelled A-M- -S-A-N-K-T---N-I-M-M-E-R-L-E-I-N-S---T-A-G. The IPA pronunciation is [am zaŋktˈnɪmɐlaɪ̯nsˌtaːk].
What does "am Sankt-Nimmerleins-Tag" mean?
As a phrase, "am Sankt-Nimmerleins-Tag" means: an keinem Zeitpunkt, zu keiner Zeit
How do you pronounce "am Sankt-Nimmerleins-Tag"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "am Sankt-Nimmerleins-Tag" is [am zaŋktˈnɪmɐlaɪ̯nsˌtaːk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "am Sankt-Nimmerleins-Tag" come from?
"am Sankt-Nimmerleins-Tag" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list