spätnachts
German, adverb[ʃpɛːtˈnaxt͡s]
spätnachts is spelled S-P-Ä-T-N-A-C-H-T-S (10 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written German, the 214,094th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Spätnachts is a German adverb meaning “late at night” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “spät während der Nacht, in den späten Nachtstunden”.
What does spätnachts mean in English?
adverb
- 1
late at night
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. spät während der Nacht, in den späten Nachtstunden
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce spätnachts?
- [ʃpɛːtˈnaxt͡s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is spätnachts in German?
spätnachts appears about once in every 15 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).