Tag und Nacht

[ˈtaːk ʊnt ˈnaxt]

/[ˈtaːk ʊnt ˈnaxt]/ phrase

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The verdict

“Tag und Nacht” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - zu jeder Zeit, die gesamte Zeit

Corpus desk

Index DE-tag-und-nacht · Tag und Nacht · German

Tag und Nacht · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "T" 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.

Key facts for Tag und Nacht
PropertyValue
HeadwordTag und Nacht
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[ˈtaːk ʊnt ˈnaxt]
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Tag und Nacht” sits in German frequency

Tag und Nacht falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Tag und Nacht is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˈtaːk ʊnt ˈnaxt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zu jeder Zeit, die gesamte Zeit".

Tag und Nacht doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Tag und Nacht, spelled T-A-G- -U-N-D- -N-A-C-H-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    zu jeder Zeit, die gesamte Zeit

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Tag und Nacht appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Seine Tochter schreibt Tag und Nacht an ihrer Masterarbeit, um die Abgabefrist noch einzuhalten.
  2. Tag und Nacht höre ich den Lärm der Autobahn.

This word in other languages

day and night(English)jour et nuit(Français)

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Tag und Nacht"?
"Tag und Nacht" is spelled T-A-G- -U-N-D- -N-A-C-H-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈtaːk ʊnt ˈnaxt].
What does "Tag und Nacht" mean?
As a phrase, "Tag und Nacht" means: zu jeder Zeit, die gesamte Zeit
How do you pronounce "Tag und Nacht"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Tag und Nacht" is [ˈtaːk ʊnt ˈnaxt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Tag und Nacht" come from?
"Tag und Nacht" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list