Brückentag

[ˈbʁʏkn̩ˌtaːk]

/[ˈbʁʏkn̩ˌtaːk]/ noun

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 September 3, 2026) - Tag zwischen zwei arbeitsfreien Tagen, an dem bevorzugt Urlaub genommen wird

Corpus desk

Index DE-bruckentag · Brückentag · German

Brückentag · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 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.

Key facts for Brückentag
PropertyValue
HeadwordBrückentag
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbʁʏkn̩ˌtaːk]
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Brückentag“ im Deutschen

Brückentagsitzt 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

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

  1. 1
    Tag zwischen zwei arbeitsfreien Tagen, an dem bevorzugt Urlaub genommen wird

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Wer sich vor den Kollegen Urlaub an den Brückentagen sichert, sollte allerdings auch bedenken, dass Reisen an diesen Tagen wegen des höheren Andrangs auch früher gebucht werden sollten.“
  2. „Die Brückentage, die in manchen Regionen auch Fenster- oder Zwickeltage heißen, liegen im kommenden Jahr [2012] so günstig wie lange nicht mehr.“

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 "Brückentag"?
"Brückentag" is spelled B-R-Ü-C-K-E-N-T-A-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbʁʏkn̩ˌtaːk].
What does "Brückentag" mean?
As a noun, "Brückentag" means: Tag zwischen zwei arbeitsfreien Tagen, an dem bevorzugt Urlaub genommen wird
How do you pronounce "Brückentag"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Brückentag" is [ˈbʁʏkn̩ˌtaːk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Brückentag" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list