Ostersonnabend
[ˌʔoːstɐˈzɔnaːbm̩t]
The verdict
“Ostersonnabend” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Karsamstag (Sonnabend vor Ostern)
Corpus desk
Index DE-ostersonnabend · Ostersonnabend · German
Ostersonnabend · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" 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 | Ostersonnabend |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌʔoːstɐˈzɔnaːbm̩t] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ostersonnabend“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ostersonnabend is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌʔoːstɐˈzɔnaːbm̩t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Ostersonnabend, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Ostersonnabend, spelled O-S-T-E-R-S-O-N-N-A-B-E-N-D.
Definition
- 1Karsamstag (Sonnabend vor Ostern)
- 2Sonnabend der Osteroktav, das ist der Sonnabend (sechs Tage) nach dem Ostersonntag und Vortag des Weißen Sonntags
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Ostersonnabend appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ostersonnabend fahren wir mit den Kindern zu meiner Schwiegermutter und bleiben eine Woche dort.
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.