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Ruhetag

German, noun/ˈʁuːətaːk/

Ruhetag is spelled R-U-H-E-T-A-G (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 43,091st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ruhetag is a German masculine noun meaning “day off” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein arbeitsfreier Tag, insbesondere der Sonntag”.

What does Ruhetag mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineday off

  2. 2

    masculineday of rest, rest day

  3. 3

    masculinea day of the week, on which a shop or office is closed.

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

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. ein arbeitsfreier Tag, insbesondere der Sonntag 2. Wochentag, an dem ein bestimmtes Geschäft (besonders Gaststätten) geschlossen hat 3. ein rennfreier Tag während eines Etappenrennens

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 Ruhetag

  • Ruhetages genitive
  • Ruhetags genitive
  • Ruhetage plural
  • Ruhetagen dative definite plural

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

How do you pronounce Ruhetag?

  • /ˈʁuːətaːk/
  • [ˈʁuːəˌtaːk]

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

English words that translate to Ruhetag

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Ruhetag in German?

Ruhetag 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).

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