Sommernachtstraum
[ˈzɔmɐnaxt͡sˌtʁaʊ̯m]
The verdict
“Sommernachtstraum” is uncommon German (frequency #57,413 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,413
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - durch psychische Aktivität hervorgerufenes Erlebnis beim Schlafen im Zeitraum zwischen Sonnenuntergang und Sonnenaufgang in der wärmsten Jahreszeit
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sommernachtstraum |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzɔmɐnaxt͡sˌtʁaʊ̯m] |
| Letters | 17 |
| Frequency rank | #57,413 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Sommernachtstraum” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Sommernachtstraum is uncommon German at frequency #57,413 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzɔmɐnaxt͡sˌtʁaʊ̯m]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Sommernachtstraum, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Sommernachtstraum, spelled S-O-M-M-E-R-N-A-C-H-T-S-T-R-A-U-M.
Definition
- 1durch psychische Aktivität hervorgerufenes Erlebnis beim Schlafen im Zeitraum zwischen Sonnenuntergang und Sonnenaufgang in der wärmsten Jahreszeit
- 2besonders schöne, in metaphorischem Sinne magische Sommernacht
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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.
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- The one correct German spelling is S-O-M-M-E-R-N-A-C-H-T-S-T-R-A-U-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.