das Eis brechen

/[das ˌaɪ̯s ˈbʁɛçn̩]/ phrase

The verdict

“das Eis brechen” 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
15
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: Zurückhaltung überwinden

Key facts for das Eis brechen
PropertyValue
Headworddas Eis brechen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[das ˌaɪ̯s ˈbʁɛçn̩]
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “das Eis brechen” sits in German frequency

das Eis brechen 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 das Eis brechen is 15 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [das ˌaɪ̯s ˈbʁɛçn̩]. 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: "Zurückhaltung überwinden".

No misspelling variants are generated for das Eis brechen 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 das Eis brechen, spelled D-A-S- -E-I-S- -B-R-E-C-H-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Zurückhaltung überwinden

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "das Eis brechen"?
"das Eis brechen" is spelled D-A-S- -E-I-S- -B-R-E-C-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [das ˌaɪ̯s ˈbʁɛçn̩].
What does "das Eis brechen" mean?
As a phrase, "das Eis brechen" means: Zurückhaltung überwinden
How do you pronounce "das Eis brechen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "das Eis brechen" is [das ˌaɪ̯s ˈbʁɛçn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "das Eis brechen" come from?
"das Eis brechen" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “das Eis brechen”

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

  • The one correct German spelling is D-A-S- -E-I-S- -B-R-E-C-H-E-N — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [das ˌaɪ̯s ˈbʁɛçn̩] (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.