auf der faulen Haut liegen
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The verdict
“auf der faulen Haut liegen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 26
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - faul sein, nichts tun
Corpus desk
Index DE-auf-der-faulen-haut-lieg · auf der faulen Haut liegen · German
auf der faulen Haut liegen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 26 letters
- VOW-11 11 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 der faulen Haut liegen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 26 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „auf der faulen Haut liegen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
auf der faulen Haut liegen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "faul sein, nichts tun".
Zero misspellings are on record for auf der faulen Haut liegen in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is auf der faulen Haut liegen, spelled A-U-F- -D-E-R- -F-A-U-L-E-N- -H-A-U-T- -L-I-E-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1faul sein, nichts tun
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how auf der faulen Haut liegen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Statt an die Arbeit zu gehen lag er lieber auf der faulen Haut.
This word in other languages
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.