Sonnenwende
[ˈzɔnənˌvɛndə]
The verdict
“Sonnenwende” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zeitpunkt, zu dem die Sonne im Laufe eines Sonnenjahres die größte nördliche oder südliche Deklination erreicht
Corpus desk
Index DE-sonnenwende · Sonnenwende · German
Sonnenwende · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sonnenwende |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzɔnənˌvɛndə] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Sonnenwende“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Sonnenwende is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzɔnənˌvɛndə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Sonnenwende in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Sonnenwende, spelled S-O-N-N-E-N-W-E-N-D-E.
Definition
- 1Zeitpunkt, zu dem die Sonne im Laufe eines Sonnenjahres die größte nördliche oder südliche Deklination erreicht
- 2deutscher Name für die Pflanze Heliotrop (Heliotropium), die ihre Blütenstände der Sonne zuwendet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Sonnenwende appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Sonnenwende wird hier groß gefeiert.
„Vieles spricht dafür, dass Harald sich im Winter 1065 dem großen Julfest um die Zeit der Sonnenwende widmen kann, ohne an den nächsten Kriegszug zu denken.“
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.