Sonnenbad

[ˈzɔnənˌbaːt]

/[ˈzɔnənˌbaːt]/ noun

The verdict

“Sonnenbad” is uncommon German (frequency #82,160 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,160
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Aufenthalt im Sonnenlicht, um den Körper aufzuwärmen oder um sich zu bräunen

Corpus desk

Index DE-sonnenbad · Sonnenbad · German

Sonnenbad · rank #82,160 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,160
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Songwriterin

Nearest frequency peer: Songwriterin (-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 „Sonnenbad“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Sonnenbad
PropertyValue
HeadwordSonnenbad
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈzɔnənˌbaːt]
Letters9
Frequency rank#82,160
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Sonnenbad“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Songwriterin“ (#82,159), „Sonntagvormittag“ (#82,161), „Sommerhit“ (#82,157). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Sonnenbad“ bei #82,160. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Sonnenbad is uncommon German at frequency #82,160 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzɔnənˌbaːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Aufenthalt im Sonnenlicht, um den Körper aufzuwärmen oder um sich zu bräunen".

Zero misspellings are on record for Sonnenbad in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented 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 Sonnenbad, spelled S-O-N-N-E-N-B-A-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Aufenthalt im Sonnenlicht, um den Körper aufzuwärmen oder um sich zu bräunen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Nimm ein Sonnenbad, um schön braun zu werden.
  2. „Die Wirkung der Mondbäder war unbekannt, aber man sagte, sie bewirkten das Gegenteil von Sonnenbädern.“

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); 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 "Sonnenbad"?
"Sonnenbad" is spelled S-O-N-N-E-N-B-A-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzɔnənˌbaːt].
What does "Sonnenbad" mean?
As a noun, "Sonnenbad" means: Aufenthalt im Sonnenlicht, um den Körper aufzuwärmen oder um sich zu bräunen
How do you pronounce "Sonnenbad"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Sonnenbad" is [ˈzɔnənˌbaːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Sonnenbad" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list