Sommerkleid

[ˈzɔmɐˌklaɪ̯t]

/[ˈzɔmɐˌklaɪ̯t]/ noun

The verdict

“Sommerkleid” is uncommon German (frequency #79,739 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,739
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - leichtes Kleid, geeignet für sommerliche Temperaturen

Corpus desk

Index DE-sommerkleid · Sommerkleid · German

Sommerkleid · rank #79,739 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #79,739
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH somalische

Nearest frequency peer: somalische (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Sommerkleid“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Sommerkleid“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Sommerkleid
PropertyValue
HeadwordSommerkleid
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈzɔmɐˌklaɪ̯t]
Letters11
Frequency rank#79,739
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Sommerkleid“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Sommerkleidfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „somalische“ (#79,738), „Sonderweg“ (#79,741), „solidarisches“ (#79,736). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Sommerkleid“ bei #79,739. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Sommerkleid is uncommon German at frequency #79,739 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzɔmɐˌklaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Sommerkleid doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Sommerkleid, spelled S-O-M-M-E-R-K-L-E-I-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    leichtes Kleid, geeignet für sommerliche Temperaturen
  2. 2
    andersartige Behaarung/andersartiges Gefieder bei Tieren im Sommer

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Sommerkleid appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Elisabeth gefiel Stefan in ihrem Sommerkleid, und er dachte, dass sie immerhin ein Mädchen war, mit dem man ausgehen und sich sehen lassen konnte.“
  2. „Im Hinterzimmer von Sungs Laden hatte sie nun nicht nur ein Stück solchen Stoffs geschenkt bekommen, das für ein Sommerkleid in gerade richtiger Länge reichen würde, sondern auch noch ein Schnittmuster.“

Antonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Sommerkleid"?
"Sommerkleid" is spelled S-O-M-M-E-R-K-L-E-I-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzɔmɐˌklaɪ̯t].
What does "Sommerkleid" mean?
As a noun, "Sommerkleid" means: leichtes Kleid, geeignet für sommerliche Temperaturen
How do you pronounce "Sommerkleid"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Sommerkleid" is [ˈzɔmɐˌklaɪ̯t]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Sommerkleid" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Sommerkleid", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list