am Arsch

[am ˈaʁʃ]

/[am ˈaʁʃ]/ phrase

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The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency German
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - defekt als Ding, zerstört als Beziehung

Corpus desk

Index DE-am-arsch · am Arsch · German

am Arsch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "A" 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 am Arsch
PropertyValue
Headwordam Arsch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[am ˈaʁʃ]
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Wo “am Arsch” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt

am Arschschafft es nicht in die Top 100.000 des Deutschen: Zone für Fach-, Alt- oder Seltenwortschatz.

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

Rare enough to double-check

am Arsch is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [am ˈaʁʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "defekt als Ding, zerstört als Beziehung".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for am Arsch, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is am Arsch, spelled A-M- -A-R-S-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    defekt als Ding, zerstört als Beziehung

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Mein Auto ist am Arsch.
  2. Das mit Rinna ist echt am Arsch, wenn du mich fragst. Die hat auch schon nen andren.

Synonyms

im Arschkaputt

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "am Arsch"?
"am Arsch" is spelled A-M- -A-R-S-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [am ˈaʁʃ].
What does "am Arsch" mean?
As a phrase, "am Arsch" means: defekt als Ding, zerstört als Beziehung
How do you pronounce "am Arsch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "am Arsch" is [am ˈaʁʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "am Arsch" come from?
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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