Sonnenuntergang
German, noun/ˈzɔnənˌʊntɐɡaŋ/
Sonnenuntergang is spelled S-O-N-N-E-N-U-N-T-E-R-G-A-N-G (15 letters) and appears 7.4 times per million words in written German, the 9,010th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sonnenuntergang is a German masculine noun meaning “sunset (time of day)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “das scheinbare Abtauchen der Sonne unter den Horizont”.
What does Sonnenuntergang mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesunset (time of day)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. das scheinbare Abtauchen der Sonne unter den Horizont
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 Sonnenuntergang
- Sonnenunterganges genitive
- Sonnenuntergangs genitive
- Sonnenuntergänge plural
- Sonnenuntergange dative singular
- Sonnenuntergängen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Sonnenuntergang?
- /ˈzɔnənˌʊntɐɡaŋ/
- /ˌzɔnənˈʊntɐˌɡaŋ/
- [ˈzɔnənˌʔʊntɐɡaŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Sonnenuntergang
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Sonnenuntergang in German?
Sonnenuntergang appears 7.4 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).