Morgenstunde
[ˈmɔʁɡŋ̍ˌʃtʊndə]
The verdict
“Morgenstunde” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Stunde, die Zeit am Morgen (zwischen 6 und 10 Uhr), morgens, am Morgen, zu Morgen, zur Morgenzeit
Corpus desk
Index DE-morgenstunde · Morgenstunde · German
Morgenstunde · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | Morgenstunde |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmɔʁɡŋ̍ˌʃtʊndə] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Morgenstunde“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Morgenstunde is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmɔʁɡŋ̍ˌʃtʊndə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Stunde, die Zeit am Morgen (zwischen 6 und 10 Uhr), morgens, am Morgen, zu Morgen, zur Morgenzeit".
Morgenstunde has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 Morgenstunde, spelled M-O-R-G-E-N-S-T-U-N-D-E.
Definition
- 1eine Stunde, die Zeit am Morgen (zwischen 6 und 10 Uhr), morgens, am Morgen, zu Morgen, zur Morgenzeit
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Morgenstunde appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In den Morgenstunden werden wir uns zusammensetzen.
„In den frühen Morgenstunden packte er kalt entschlossen statt der Schulsachen ein paar Kleider in seinen Ranzen, dazu alles Geld, das er sich insgeheim mühsam zusammengespart hatte, und verließ sein Elternhaus, um fast drei Jahrzehnte lang nicht wiederzukehren, auch nicht zum Begräbnis seiner Mutter.“
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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.