Brückentag
[ˈbʁʏkn̩ˌtaːk]
The verdict
“Brückentag” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tag zwischen zwei arbeitsfreien Tagen, an dem bevorzugt Urlaub genommen wird
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Brückentag |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbʁʏkn̩ˌtaːk] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Brückentag” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Brückentag is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbʁʏkn̩ˌtaːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tag zwischen zwei arbeitsfreien Tagen, an dem bevorzugt Urlaub genommen wird".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Brückentag, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Brückentag, spelled B-R-Ü-C-K-E-N-T-A-G.
Definition
- 1Tag zwischen zwei arbeitsfreien Tagen, an dem bevorzugt Urlaub genommen wird
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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.
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Using “Brückentag”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-R-Ü-C-K-E-N-T-A-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈbʁʏkn̩ˌtaːk] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.