bei jemandem auf den Busch klopfen

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The verdict

“bei jemandem auf den Busch klopfen” 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
34
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - durch richtige Fragen die Lage sondieren, vorsichtig anfragen/nachfragen/nachhaken

Key facts for bei jemandem auf den Busch klopfen
PropertyValue
Headwordbei jemandem auf den Busch klopfen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[…]
Letters34
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “bei jemandem auf den Busch klopfen” sits in German frequency

bei jemandem auf den Busch klopfen 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 bei jemandem auf den Busch klopfen is 34 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as […]. 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: "durch richtige Fragen die Lage sondieren, vorsichtig anfragen/nachfragen/nachhaken".

No misspelling variants are generated for bei jemandem auf den Busch klopfen 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 bei jemandem auf den Busch klopfen, spelled B-E-I- -J-E-M-A-N-D-E-M- -A-U-F- -D-E-N- -B-U-S-C-H- -K-L-O-P-F-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    durch richtige Fragen die Lage sondieren, vorsichtig anfragen/nachfragen/nachhaken

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 "bei jemandem auf den Busch klopfen"?
"bei jemandem auf den Busch klopfen" is spelled B-E-I- -J-E-M-A-N-D-E-M- -A-U-F- -D-E-N- -B-U-S-C-H- -K-L-O-P-F-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "bei jemandem auf den Busch klopfen" mean?
As a phrase, "bei jemandem auf den Busch klopfen" means: durch richtige Fragen die Lage sondieren, vorsichtig anfragen/nachfragen/nachhaken
How do you pronounce "bei jemandem auf den Busch klopfen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bei jemandem auf den Busch klopfen" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “bei jemandem auf den Busch klopfen”

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

  • The one correct German spelling is B-E-I- -J-E-M-A-N-D-E-M- -A-U-F- -D-E-N- -B-U-S-C-H- -K-L-O-P-F-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.

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