à la bonne heure
[ˌa la bɔˈnøːɐ̯]
The verdict
“à la bonne heure” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - alle Achtung!, ausgezeichnet!, bravo!, recht so!
Corpus desk
Index DE-a-la-bonne-heure · à la bonne heure · German
à la bonne heure · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "À" 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | à la bonne heure |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˌa la bɔˈnøːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „à la bonne heure“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
à la bonne heure is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˌa la bɔˈnøːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "alle Achtung!, ausgezeichnet!, bravo!, recht so!".
à la bonne heure has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is à la bonne heure, spelled À- -L-A- -B-O-N-N-E- -H-E-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1alle Achtung!, ausgezeichnet!, bravo!, recht so!
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how à la bonne heure appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Es sprach ein Vorstand, es lauschten honorige Mittelständler. ‚Meine Damen und Herren Zukunftstechnologie Der Herausforderung stellen Elektronische Medien als Standbein der Zukunft ‘ Kopfnicken allenthalben, gewitzelte Bravos, so isses jawoll. Heftiger Beifall. Anschließend Büfett, Tausch der Visitenkarten. ‚Ah, Sie haben eine e-mail-(gesprochen emil)Adr…
„Steinbrück schloss zugleich aus, dass der Bund sich über die bislang gemachten Zusagen an etwaigen Mehrkosten beteiligen werde: ‚Wenn Ministerpräsident Stoiber die Finanzierungslücke schließen will, sage ich à la bonne heure‘, zitiert ihn die Zeitung.“
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.