Dreikönigstag
[dʁaɪ̯ˈkøːnɪçsˌtaːk]
The verdict
“Dreikönigstag” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Fest Erscheinung des Herrn/Epiphanie am 6. Januar
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Index DE-dreikonigstag · Dreikönigstag · German
Dreikönigstag · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 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 | Dreikönigstag |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [dʁaɪ̯ˈkøːnɪçsˌtaːk] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Dreikönigstag“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Dreikönigstag is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [dʁaɪ̯ˈkøːnɪçsˌtaːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "das Fest Erscheinung des Herrn/Epiphanie am 6. Januar".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Dreikönigstag, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 Dreikönigstag, spelled D-R-E-I-K-Ö-N-I-G-S-T-A-G.
Definition
- 1das Fest Erscheinung des Herrn/Epiphanie am 6. Januar
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Dreikönigstag appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In Baden-Württemberg ist der Dreikönigstag ein gesetzlicher Feiertag.
„Der Dreikönigstag ist leider ein Sonntag, daher gilt es dann von Jänner bis Ende März, eine ziemliche Durststrecke zu überwinden - kein Feiertag, geschweige denn Fenstertag in Sicht.“
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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.