bis zum Sankt-Nimmerleins-Tag
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The verdict
“bis zum 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
- 29
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bis zu einem Tag in ferner Zukunft (warten), der wohl niemals kommen wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-bis-zum-sankt-nimmerlein · bis zum Sankt-Nimmerleins-Tag · German
bis zum Sankt-Nimmerleins-Tag · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 29 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" 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 | bis zum Sankt-Nimmerleins-Tag |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 29 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „bis zum Sankt-Nimmerleins-Tag“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
bis zum Sankt-Nimmerleins-Tag is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "bis zu einem Tag in ferner Zukunft (warten), der wohl niemals kommen wird".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for bis zum Sankt-Nimmerleins-Tag, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is bis zum Sankt-Nimmerleins-Tag, spelled B-I-S- -Z-U-M- -S-A-N-K-T---N-I-M-M-E-R-L-E-I-N-S---T-A-G.
Definition
- 1bis zu einem Tag in ferner Zukunft (warten), der wohl niemals kommen wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how bis zum Sankt-Nimmerleins-Tag appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Jetzt beeile dich mal, wir wollen nicht bis zum Sankt-Nimmerleins-Tag auf dich warten!
Synonyms
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.