Schalttag
German, noun/ˈʃal(t)ˌtaːk/
Schalttag is spelled S-C-H-A-L-T-T-A-G (9 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written German, the 271,406th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schalttag is a German masculine noun meaning “leap day” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “einem Schaltjahr oder Schaltmonat zusätzlich eingefügter Tag”.
What does Schalttag mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineleap day
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. einem Schaltjahr oder Schaltmonat zusätzlich eingefügter Tag
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 Schalttag
- Schalttages genitive
- Schalttags genitive
- Schalttage plural
- Schalttagen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schalttag?
- /ˈʃal(t)ˌtaːk/
- /ˈʃal(t)ˌta(ː)x/
- [ˈʃaltˌtaːk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Schalttag in German?
Schalttag appears about once in every 22 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).