Vaterschaftsurlaub
German, noun/ˈfaːtɐʃaftsˌuːɐlaʊp/
Vaterschaftsurlaub is spelled V-A-T-E-R-S-C-H-A-F-T-S-U-R-L-A-U-B (18 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 150,595th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vaterschaftsurlaub is a German masculine noun meaning “paternity leave (leave of absence)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Vaterschaftsurlaub mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepaternity leave (leave of absence)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of Vaterschaftsurlaub
- Vaterschaftsurlaubes genitive
- Vaterschaftsurlaubs genitive
- Vaterschaftsurlaube plural
- Vaterschaftsurlauben dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Vaterschaftsurlaub?
- /ˈfaːtɐʃaftsˌuːɐlaʊp/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Vaterschaftsurlaub in German?
Vaterschaftsurlaub appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).