aus einer Mücke einen Elefanten machen

Rare enough to double-check

aus einer Mücke einen Elefanten machen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [aʊ̯s ˈaɪ̯nɐ ˈmʏkə ˈaɪ̯nən eleˈfantn̩ ˈmaxn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Kleinigkeit stark aufbauschen und ihr mehr Bedeutung geben, als ihr eigentlich zukommt".

No misspelling variants are generated for aus einer Mücke einen Elefanten machen in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is aus einer Mücke einen Elefanten machen, spelled A-U-S- -E-I-N-E-R- -M-Ü-C-K-E- -E-I-N-E-N- -E-L-E-F-A-N-T-E-N- -M-A-C-H-E-N.