das Herz auf dem rechten Fleck haben

/[das ˈhɛʁt͡s aʊ̯f deːm ʁɛçtn̩ ˈflɛk haːbn̩]/ phrase

The verdict

“das Herz auf dem rechten Fleck haben” 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
36
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: uneigennützig, hilfsbereit und nett sein, gute Absichten haben, ehrlich sein

Key facts for das Herz auf dem rechten Fleck haben
PropertyValue
Headworddas Herz auf dem rechten Fleck haben
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[das ˈhɛʁt͡s aʊ̯f deːm ʁɛçtn̩ ˈflɛk haːbn̩]
Letters36
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “das Herz auf dem rechten Fleck haben” sits in German frequency

das Herz auf dem rechten Fleck haben 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 Herz auf dem rechten Fleck haben is 36 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [das ˈhɛʁt͡s aʊ̯f deːm ʁɛçtn̩ ˈflɛk haːbn̩]. 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: "uneigennützig, hilfsbereit und nett sein, gute Absichten haben, ehrlich sein".

No misspelling variants are generated for das Herz auf dem rechten Fleck haben 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 Herz auf dem rechten Fleck haben, spelled D-A-S- -H-E-R-Z- -A-U-F- -D-E-M- -R-E-C-H-T-E-N- -F-L-E-C-K- -H-A-B-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    uneigennützig, hilfsbereit und nett sein, gute Absichten haben, ehrlich sein

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "das Herz auf dem rechten Fleck haben"?
"das Herz auf dem rechten Fleck haben" is spelled D-A-S- -H-E-R-Z- -A-U-F- -D-E-M- -R-E-C-H-T-E-N- -F-L-E-C-K- -H-A-B-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [das ˈhɛʁt͡s aʊ̯f deːm ʁɛçtn̩ ˈflɛk haːbn̩].
What does "das Herz auf dem rechten Fleck haben" mean?
As a phrase, "das Herz auf dem rechten Fleck haben" means: uneigennützig, hilfsbereit und nett sein, gute Absichten haben, ehrlich sein
How do you pronounce "das Herz auf dem rechten Fleck haben"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "das Herz auf dem rechten Fleck haben" is [das ˈhɛʁt͡s aʊ̯f deːm ʁɛçtn̩ ˈflɛk haːbn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "das Herz auf dem rechten Fleck haben" come from?
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Using “das Herz auf dem rechten Fleck haben”

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

  • The one correct German spelling is D-A-S- -H-E-R-Z- -A-U-F- -D-E-M- -R-E-C-H-T-E-N- -F-L-E-C-K- -H-A-B-E-N — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [das ˈhɛʁt͡s aʊ̯f deːm ʁɛçtn̩ ˈflɛk haːbn̩] (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.