mitternächtlich
[ˈmɪtɐˌnɛçtlɪç]
The verdict
“mitternächtlich” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mitten in der Nacht, etwa um 24 Uhr (regelmäßig) stattfindend
Corpus desk
Index DE-mitternachtlich · mitternächtlich · German
mitternächtlich · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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 | mitternächtlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈmɪtɐˌnɛçtlɪç] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „mitternächtlich“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
mitternächtlich is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈmɪtɐˌnɛçtlɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for mitternächtlich in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 mitternächtlich, spelled M-I-T-T-E-R-N-Ä-C-H-T-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1mitten in der Nacht, etwa um 24 Uhr (regelmäßig) stattfindend
- 2auf den Norden bezogen, in Richtung Norden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mitternächtlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wer sieht sich eigentlich diese mitternächtlichen Western im Fernsehen an?
„[…] und [sie] besahen die Länder und Städte und Menschen im Morgen- und Mittag- und Abendlande und besuchten auch die kalten, mitternächtlichen Gegenden.“
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.