aus der Reihe tanzen

/[aʊ̯s deːɐ̯ ˈʁaɪ̯ə ˌtant͡sn̩]/ phrase

The verdict

“aus der Reihe tanzen” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
20
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: (absichtlich) anders als die Mehrheit, der Großteil sein, nicht dem Mainstream folgen

Key facts for aus der Reihe tanzen
PropertyValue
Headwordaus der Reihe tanzen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[aʊ̯s deːɐ̯ ˈʁaɪ̯ə ˌtant͡sn̩]
Letters20
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “aus der Reihe tanzen” sits in German frequency

aus der Reihe tanzen falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for aus der Reihe tanzen is 20 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aʊ̯s deːɐ̯ ˈʁaɪ̯ə ˌtant͡sn̩]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "(absichtlich) anders als die Mehrheit, der Großteil sein, nicht dem Mainstream folgen".

No misspelling variants are generated for aus der Reihe tanzen in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is aus der Reihe tanzen, spelled A-U-S- -D-E-R- -R-E-I-H-E- -T-A-N-Z-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    (absichtlich) anders als die Mehrheit, der Großteil sein, nicht dem Mainstream folgen

Antonyms

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "aus der Reihe tanzen"?
"aus der Reihe tanzen" is spelled A-U-S- -D-E-R- -R-E-I-H-E- -T-A-N-Z-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [aʊ̯s deːɐ̯ ˈʁaɪ̯ə ˌtant͡sn̩].
What does "aus der Reihe tanzen" mean?
As a phrase, "aus der Reihe tanzen" means: (absichtlich) anders als die Mehrheit, der Großteil sein, nicht dem Mainstream folgen
How do you pronounce "aus der Reihe tanzen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aus der Reihe tanzen" is [aʊ̯s deːɐ̯ ˈʁaɪ̯ə ˌtant͡sn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “aus der Reihe tanzen”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is A-U-S- -D-E-R- -R-E-I-H-E- -T-A-N-Z-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [aʊ̯s deːɐ̯ ˈʁaɪ̯ə ˌtant͡sn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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

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