Sonntagsstaat
German, noun[ˈzɔntaːksˌʃtaːt]
Sonntagsstaat is spelled S-O-N-N-T-A-G-S-S-T-A-A-T (13 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written German, the 309,493rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sonntagsstaat is a German masculine noun meaning “Sunday best (a person’s finest clothes, particularly those worn to church on Sunday)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zu besonderen Anlässen getragene Kleidung”.
What does Sonntagsstaat mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineSunday best (a person’s finest clothes, particularly those worn to church on Sunday)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. zu besonderen Anlässen getragene Kleidung
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 Sonntagsstaat
- Sonntagsstaates genitive
- Sonntagsstaats genitive
- Sonntagsstaate dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Sonntagsstaat?
- [ˈzɔntaːksˌʃtaːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Sonntagsstaat in German?
Sonntagsstaat appears about once in every 28 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).