aus einer Mücke einen Elefanten machen

/[aʊ̯s ˈaɪ̯nɐ ˈmʏkə ˈaɪ̯nən eleˈfantn̩ ˈmaxn̩]/ phrase

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38 characters

Language

German

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aus einer Mücke einen Elefanten machen is aGermanphrase. It means: eine Kleinigkeit stark aufbauschen und ihr mehr Bedeutung geben, als ihr eigentlich zukommt Pronounced [aʊ̯s ˈaɪ̯nɐ ˈmʏkə ˈaɪ̯nən eleˈfantn̩ ˈmaxn̩].

Key facts for aus einer Mücke einen Elefanten machen
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Headwordaus einer Mücke einen Elefanten machen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[aʊ̯s ˈaɪ̯nɐ ˈmʏkə ˈaɪ̯nən eleˈfantn̩ ˈmaxn̩]
Letters38
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

aus einer Mücke einen Elefanten machen is not present in the top-100,000 ranked German corpus, typical for technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary.

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for aus einer Mücke einen Elefanten machen is 38 letters long, classified as aphrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aʊ̯s ˈaɪ̯nɐ ˈmʏkə ˈaɪ̯nən eleˈfantn̩ ˈmaxn̩]. 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: "eine Kleinigkeit stark aufbauschen und ihr mehr Bedeutung geben, als ihr eigentlich zukommt".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for aus einer Mücke einen Elefanten machen in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.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 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, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

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    eine Kleinigkeit stark aufbauschen und ihr mehr Bedeutung geben, als ihr eigentlich zukommt

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "aus einer Mücke einen Elefanten machen"?
"aus einer Mücke einen Elefanten machen" is 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. The IPA pronunciation is [aʊ̯s ˈaɪ̯nɐ ˈmʏkə ˈaɪ̯nən eleˈfantn̩ ˈmaxn̩].
What does "aus einer Mücke einen Elefanten machen" mean?
As a phrase, "aus einer Mücke einen Elefanten machen" means: eine Kleinigkeit stark aufbauschen und ihr mehr Bedeutung geben, als ihr eigentlich zukommt
How do you pronounce "aus einer Mücke einen Elefanten machen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aus einer Mücke einen Elefanten machen" is [aʊ̯s ˈaɪ̯nɐ ˈmʏkə ˈaɪ̯nən eleˈfantn̩ ˈmaxn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aus einer Mücke einen Elefanten machen" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.