Spätnachmittag
German, noun[ˈʃpɛːtˌnaːxmɪtaːk]
Spätnachmittag is spelled S-P-Ä-T-N-A-C-H-M-I-T-T-A-G (14 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 118,498th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Spätnachmittag is a German masculine noun meaning “late afternoon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nicht genau festgelegter, unscharfer Zeitraum am Ende des Nachmittages und am Beginn des Abends (etwa…”.
What does Spätnachmittag mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelate afternoon
Coordinate term: Frühnachmittag
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. nicht genau festgelegter, unscharfer Zeitraum am Ende des Nachmittages und am Beginn des Abends (etwa zwischen 17 und 18 Uhr)
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 Spätnachmittag
- Spätnachmittags genitive
- Spätnachmittages genitive uncommon
- Spätnachmittage plural
- Spätnachmittagen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Spätnachmittag?
- [ˈʃpɛːtˌnaːxmɪtaːk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Spätnachmittag in German?
Spätnachmittag 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).