Christmette
[ˈkʁɪstˌmɛtə]
The verdict
“Christmette” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gottesdienst in der Nacht vom 24. Dezember auf den 25. Dezember eines Jahres kurz vor oder gegen Mitternacht zur Feier der Geburt Jesu
Corpus desk
Index DE-christmette · Christmette · German
Christmette · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" 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 | Christmette |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkʁɪstˌmɛtə] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Christmette“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Christmette is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkʁɪstˌmɛtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gottesdienst in der Nacht vom 24. Dezember auf den 25. Dezember eines Jahres kurz vor oder gegen Mitternacht zur Feier der Geburt Jesu".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Christmette, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Christmette, spelled C-H-R-I-S-T-M-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Gottesdienst in der Nacht vom 24. Dezember auf den 25. Dezember eines Jahres kurz vor oder gegen Mitternacht zur Feier der Geburt Jesu
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Christmette appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Christmette beginnt um 23:00 Uhr in der Kirche Brunstorf.
Papst Franziskus hat am Heiligen Abend mit der Christmette den Höhepunkt der christlichen Weihnacht eingeläutet. Tausende Gläubige versammelten sich im und vor dem Petersdom in Rom, um der Predigt des Oberhaupts der Katholiken zuzuhören.
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.