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Sonnentag

German, noun/ˈzɔnənˌtaːk/

Sonnentag is a German masculine noun meaning “sunny day” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Tag, an dem nahezu ohne Unterbrechung die Sonne scheint”.

What does Sonnentag mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinesunny day

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Tag, an dem nahezu ohne Unterbrechung die Sonne scheint

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 Sonnentag

  • Sonnentages genitive
  • Sonnentags genitive
  • Sonnentage plural
  • Sonnentagen dative definite plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Sonnentag?

  • /ˈzɔnənˌtaːk/
  • [ˈzɔnənˌtaːk]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is Sonnentag in German?

Sonnentag appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).