Weihnachtsferien
[ˈvaɪ̯naxt͡sˌfeːʁiən]
The verdict
“Weihnachtsferien” is uncommon German (frequency #62,087 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,087
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zusammenhängende unterrichtsfreie Tage um Weihnachten
Corpus desk
Index DE-weihnachtsferien · Weihnachtsferien · German
Weihnachtsferien · rank #62,087 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,087
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH Weichspüler
Nearest frequency peer: Weichspüler (-1 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Weihnachtsferien“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Wassergraben
Wassergraben
37,917 corpus weight
- Webcams
Webcams
37,916 corpus weight
- Weichspüler
Weichspüler
37,915 corpus weight
- Weihnachtsf…
Weihnachtsferien
37,914 corpus weight
- Weizenmehl
Weizenmehl
37,912 corpus weight
- Weltalls
Weltalls
37,911 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Weihnachtsferien“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Weihnachtsferien |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvaɪ̯naxt͡sˌfeːʁiən] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Frequency rank | #62,087 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Weihnachtsferien“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Weihnachtsferien is uncommon German at frequency #62,087 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvaɪ̯naxt͡sˌfeːʁiən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Weihnachtsferien in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Weihnachtsferien, spelled W-E-I-H-N-A-C-H-T-S-F-E-R-I-E-N.
Definition
- 1zusammenhängende unterrichtsfreie Tage um Weihnachten
- 2Urlaub, der an/um Weihnachten verbracht wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Weihnachtsferien appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In den Weihnachtsferien fahren wir zum Skifahren in die Alpen.
„So auch in den Weihnachtsferien des Jahres 1964, als die Temperaturen tief in den Keller gerutscht waren.“
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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