Wintersonnenwende
German, noun/ˈvɪntɐˌzɔnənvɛndə/
Wintersonnenwende is spelled W-I-N-T-E-R-S-O-N-N-E-N-W-E-N-D-E (17 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 86,281st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wintersonnenwende is a German feminine noun meaning “winter solstice” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Umkehr der Deklinationsbewegung der Sonne um den 21. Dezember, der Zeitpunkt markiert den Winteranfang, den…”.
What does Wintersonnenwende mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininewinter solstice
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Umkehr der Deklinationsbewegung der Sonne um den 21. Dezember, der Zeitpunkt markiert den Winteranfang, den Eintritt der Sonne in das Tierkreiszeichen des Steinbockes und damit den kürzesten Tag des Jahres
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 Wintersonnenwende
- Wintersonnenwenden plural
- Wintersonnwende variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Wintersonnenwende?
- /ˈvɪntɐˌzɔnənvɛndə/
- [ˈvɪntɐˌzɔnənvɛndə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Wintersonnenwende
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Wintersonnenwende in German?
Wintersonnenwende appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).