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Palmsonntag

German, noun[palmˈzɔntaːk]

Palmsonntag is a German masculine noun meaning “Palm Sunday” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “der sechste Fastensonntag beziehungsweise der Sonntag vor Ostern”.

What does Palmsonntag mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinePalm Sunday

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. der sechste Fastensonntag beziehungsweise der Sonntag vor Ostern

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 Palmsonntag

  • Palmsonntags genitive
  • Palmsonntage plural
  • Palmsonntagen dative definite plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Palmsonntag?

  • [palmˈzɔntaːk]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is Palmsonntag in German?

Palmsonntag appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).