auf dem Teppich bleiben
[aʊ̯f deːm ˈtɛpɪç ˈblaɪ̯bn̩]
The verdict
“auf dem Teppich bleiben” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 23
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bei den Tatsachen bleiben, nicht übertreiben
Corpus desk
Index DE-auf-dem-teppich-bleiben · auf dem Teppich bleiben · German
auf dem Teppich bleiben · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 23 letters
- VOW-8 8 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | auf dem Teppich bleiben |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [aʊ̯f deːm ˈtɛpɪç ˈblaɪ̯bn̩] |
| Letters | 23 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „auf dem Teppich bleiben“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
auf dem Teppich bleiben is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [aʊ̯f deːm ˈtɛpɪç ˈblaɪ̯bn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "bei den Tatsachen bleiben, nicht übertreiben".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for auf dem Teppich bleiben, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is auf dem Teppich bleiben, spelled A-U-F- -D-E-M- -T-E-P-P-I-C-H- -B-L-E-I-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1bei den Tatsachen bleiben, nicht übertreiben
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how auf dem Teppich bleiben appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Trotz der guten Umfragewerte müssen wir auf dem Teppich bleiben.
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