Dreikönigsfest
[dʁaɪ̯ˈkøːnɪçsˌfɛst]
The verdict
“Dreikönigsfest” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fest der heiligen drei Könige
Corpus desk
Index DE-dreikonigsfest · Dreikönigsfest · German
Dreikönigsfest · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | Dreikönigsfest |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [dʁaɪ̯ˈkøːnɪçsˌfɛst] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Dreikönigsfest“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Dreikönigsfest is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [dʁaɪ̯ˈkøːnɪçsˌfɛst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fest der heiligen drei Könige".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Dreikönigsfest, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 Dreikönigsfest, spelled D-R-E-I-K-Ö-N-I-G-S-F-E-S-T.
Definition
- 1Fest der heiligen drei Könige
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Dreikönigsfest appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Als ich drei Tage nach dem Dreikönigsfest in die Villa nach Murano fuhr, um zehn oder zwölf Rollen in das Kästchen von M. M. zu legen, fand ich bei der Hausbesorgerin einen Brief von ihr vor.“
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.