Sonnenaufgang
German, noun/ˈzɔnənˌaʊ̯fɡaŋ/
Sonnenaufgang is spelled S-O-N-N-E-N-A-U-F-G-A-N-G (13 letters) and appears 4.9 times per million words in written German, the 12,471st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sonnenaufgang is a German masculine noun meaning “sunrise” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “das scheinbare Auftauchen der Sonne über den Horizont”.
What does Sonnenaufgang mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesunrise
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. das scheinbare Auftauchen der Sonne über den Horizont 2. der Anfang des Tages; Tagesanbruch
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 Sonnenaufgang
- Sonnenaufganges genitive
- Sonnenaufgangs genitive
- Sonnenaufgänge plural
- Sonnenaufgange dative singular
- Sonnenaufgängen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Sonnenaufgang?
- /ˈzɔnənˌaʊ̯fɡaŋ/
- /ˌzɔnənˈaʊ̯fɡaŋ/
- [ˈzɔnənˌʔaʊ̯fɡaŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Sonnenaufgang
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Sonnenaufgang in German?
Sonnenaufgang appears 4.9 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).