Herrentag
[ˈhɛʁənˌtaːk]
The verdict
“Herrentag” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Feiertag, an dem die Väter gefeiert werden
Corpus desk
Index DE-herrentag · Herrentag · German
Herrentag · 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 "H" 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 | Herrentag |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhɛʁənˌtaːk] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Herrentag“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Herrentag is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhɛʁənˌtaːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Herrentag doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Herrentag, spelled H-E-R-R-E-N-T-A-G.
Definition
- 1Feiertag, an dem die Väter gefeiert werden
- 2der Tag des Herrn (Sonntag)
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Herrentag appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Auch am Herrentag verzichteten die Kameraden der Deutschen Gesellschaft zur Rettung Schiffbrüchiger (DGzRS) der Zinnowitzer Station nicht auf ihre wöchentliche Übung.“
Synonyms
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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.