mitternachts
German, adverb/ˈmɪtɐnaχts/
mitternachts is spelled M-I-T-T-E-R-N-A-C-H-T-S (12 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 102,515th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mitternachts is a German adverb meaning “at midnight” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “um Mitternacht”.
What does mitternachts mean in English?
adverb
- 1
at midnight
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. um Mitternacht
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce mitternachts?
- /ˈmɪtɐnaχts/
- [ˈmɪtɐˌnaxt͡s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mitternachts in German?
mitternachts appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).