guten Tag
[ˌɡutn̩ ˈtaːk]
The verdict
“guten Tag” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der Tagesgruß
Corpus desk
Index DE-guten-tag · guten Tag · German
guten Tag · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" 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 | guten Tag |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˌɡutn̩ ˈtaːk] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „guten Tag“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
guten Tag is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˌɡutn̩ ˈtaːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "der Tagesgruß".
guten Tag has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is guten Tag, spelled G-U-T-E-N- -T-A-G.
Definition
- 1der Tagesgruß
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how guten Tag appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er sagte nur „guten Tag“ und „auf Wiedersehen“.
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.