Ostersamstag
[ˈoːstɐˌzamstaːk]
The verdict
“Ostersamstag” is uncommon German (frequency #89,387 among 14,908 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,387
- frequency rank, German
- 14,908
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Samstag (sechs Tage) nach dem Ostersonntag und Vortag des Weißen Sonntags
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ostersamstag |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈoːstɐˌzamstaːk] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #89,387 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Ostersamstag” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Ostersamstag is uncommon German at frequency #89,387 among 14,908 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈoːstɐˌzamstaːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Ostersamstag, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Ostersamstag, spelled O-S-T-E-R-S-A-M-S-T-A-G.
Definition
- 1Samstag (sechs Tage) nach dem Ostersonntag und Vortag des Weißen Sonntags
- 2Karsamstag in der Karwoche, also der Tag vor Ostersonntag
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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.
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Using “Ostersamstag”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is O-S-T-E-R-S-A-M-S-T-A-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈoːstɐˌzamstaːk] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.