Mittagssonne

[ˈmɪtaːksˌzɔnə]

/[ˈmɪtaːksˌzɔnə]/ noun

The verdict

“Mittagssonne” is uncommon German (frequency #89,309 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,309
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der Sonnenschein am Mittag, wenn die Sonne ihren höchsten Stand erreicht hat

Corpus desk

Index DE-mittagssonne · Mittagssonne · German

Mittagssonne · rank #89,309 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,309
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH mitreisende

Nearest frequency peer: mitreisende (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Mittagssonne“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Mittagssonne“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Mittagssonne
PropertyValue
HeadwordMittagssonne
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈmɪtaːksˌzɔnə]
Letters12
Frequency rank#89,309
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Mittagssonne“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Mittagssonnefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „mitreisende“ (#89,308), „Mittelohrentzündung“ (#89,310), „mitessen“ (#89,307). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „Mittagssonne“ bei #89,309. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Mittagssonne is uncommon German at frequency #89,309 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmɪtaːksˌzɔnə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "der Sonnenschein am Mittag, wenn die Sonne ihren höchsten Stand erreicht hat".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Mittagssonne in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Mittagssonne, spelled M-I-T-T-A-G-S-S-O-N-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    der Sonnenschein am Mittag, wenn die Sonne ihren höchsten Stand erreicht hat

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Mittagssonne appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Die unvernünftigen bleichen Engländer liegen alle in der prallen Mittagssonne am Strand.
  2. „Ich glaube, wir alle waren sekundenlang förmlich geblendet, als die starken Strahlen der Mittagssonne auf den Inhalt der Kiste trafen.“

Antonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Mittagssonne"?
"Mittagssonne" is spelled M-I-T-T-A-G-S-S-O-N-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmɪtaːksˌzɔnə].
What does "Mittagssonne" mean?
As a noun, "Mittagssonne" means: der Sonnenschein am Mittag, wenn die Sonne ihren höchsten Stand erreicht hat
How do you pronounce "Mittagssonne"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Mittagssonne" is [ˈmɪtaːksˌzɔnə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Mittagssonne", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list