Namenstag
German, noun/ˈnaːmənsˌtaːk/
Namenstag is spelled N-A-M-E-N-S-T-A-G (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 48,028th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Namenstag is a German masculine noun meaning “name day (feast day of a saint)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gedenktag für den Namenspatron”.
What does Namenstag mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinename day (feast day of a saint)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gedenktag für den Namenspatron
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Namenstag
- Namenstages genitive
- Namenstags genitive
- Namenstage plural
- Namenstagen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Namenstag?
- /ˈnaːmənsˌtaːk/
- [ˈnaːmənsˌtaːk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Namenstag in German?
Namenstag appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).