Sonnenschein
German, noun/ˈzɔnənʃaɪ̯n/
Sonnenschein is spelled S-O-N-N-E-N-S-C-H-E-I-N (12 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written German, the 7,028th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sonnenschein is a German masculine noun meaning “sunshine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Lichtstrahlen der Sonne, die die Erde erreichen”.
What does Sonnenschein mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesunshine
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die Lichtstrahlen der Sonne, die die Erde erreichen 2. ein Kosewort
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 Sonnenschein
- Sonnenscheines genitive
- Sonnenscheins genitive
- Sonnenscheine dative singular
- [1] ☀ abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Sonnenschein?
- /ˈzɔnənʃaɪ̯n/
- [ˈzɔnənˌʃaɪ̯n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Sonnenschein
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Sonnenschein in German?
Sonnenschein appears 10 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).