sonntags
German, adverb
sonntags is spelled S-O-N-N-T-A-G-S (8 letters) and appears 9.8 times per million words in written German, the 7,170th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sonntags is a German adverb meaning “on Sundays, every Sunday” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Sonntags is a different word: “genitive singular of Sonntag”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jeweils am Sonntag, an Sonntagen”.
What does sonntags mean in English?
adverb
- 1
on Sundays, every Sunday
Er ruft mich sonntags oft an.
- 2
informalon (the next or last) Sunday
Ich ruf dich sonntags mal an.
noun
- 1
genitive singular of Sonntag
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. jeweils am Sonntag, an Sonntagen
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 sonntags
- Sonntages alternative
- so. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to sonntags
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sonntags in German?
sonntags appears 9.8 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).