Siebenschläfertag
[ˈziːbn̩ʃlɛːfɐˌtaːk]
The verdict
“Siebenschläfertag” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gedenktag für die sieben Schläfer von Ephesus am 27. Juni
Corpus desk
Index DE-siebenschlafertag · Siebenschläfertag · German
Siebenschläfertag · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | Siebenschläfertag |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈziːbn̩ʃlɛːfɐˌtaːk] |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Siebenschläfertag“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Siebenschläfertag is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈziːbn̩ʃlɛːfɐˌtaːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gedenktag für die sieben Schläfer von Ephesus am 27. Juni".
Siebenschläfertag has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Siebenschläfertag, spelled S-I-E-B-E-N-S-C-H-L-Ä-F-E-R-T-A-G.
Definition
- 1Gedenktag für die sieben Schläfer von Ephesus am 27. Juni
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Siebenschläfertag appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Wie ’s Wetter war am Siebenschläfertag, so bleibt es sieben Wochen lang darnach. – Prager Kalender, 1877.“
This word in other languages
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.