sonnenbaden

[ˈzɔnənˌbaːdn̩]

/[ˈzɔnənˌbaːdn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“sonnenbaden” is uncommon German (frequency #97,717 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#97,717
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein oder mehrere Sonnenbäder nehmen

Corpus desk

Index DE-sonnenbaden · sonnenbaden · German

sonnenbaden · rank #97,717 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #97,717
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sonnenflecken

Nearest frequency peer: Sonnenflecken (+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 „sonnenbaden“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sonnenbaden
PropertyValue
Headwordsonnenbaden
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈzɔnənˌbaːdn̩]
Letters11
Frequency rank#97,717
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „sonnenbaden“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Sonnenflecken“ (#97,718), „Sondersendungen“ (#97,715), „Sozialistin“ (#97,719). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „sonnenbaden“ bei #97,717. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sonnenbaden is uncommon German at frequency #97,717 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈzɔnənˌbaːdn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein oder mehrere Sonnenbäder nehmen".

Zero misspellings are on record for sonnenbaden in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 sonnenbaden, spelled S-O-N-N-E-N-B-A-D-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein oder mehrere Sonnenbäder nehmen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Von gewöhnlichen Sonnenstrahlen bekommst du den Sonnenbrand: wenn du zuviel sonnenbadest, kannst du sogar Brandwunden kriegen.“
  2. „Erst seitdem man sich im Freien auszieht und ausgiebig sonnenbadet, nehmen die Melanome zu.“

Synonyms

sich sonnensünnelen

This word in other languages

tomar el sol(Español)prendre(Français)tomar(Português)

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 "sonnenbaden"?
"sonnenbaden" is spelled S-O-N-N-E-N-B-A-D-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzɔnənˌbaːdn̩].
What does "sonnenbaden" mean?
As a verb, "sonnenbaden" means: ein oder mehrere Sonnenbäder nehmen
How do you pronounce "sonnenbaden"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sonnenbaden" is [ˈzɔnənˌbaːdn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sonnenbaden" come from?
"sonnenbaden" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Sozialistin#97,719Spielführer#97,726senkrechter#97,685Steinmeiers#97,749

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list