das Maß ist voll

/[das ˈmaːs ɪst ˈfɔl]/ phrase

The verdict

“das Maß ist voll” 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
16
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: die Grenze ist erreicht

Key facts for das Maß ist voll
PropertyValue
Headworddas Maß ist voll
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[das ˈmaːs ɪst ˈfɔl]
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “das Maß ist voll” sits in German frequency

das Maß ist voll 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 Maß ist voll is 16 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [das ˈmaːs ɪst ˈfɔl]. 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: "die Grenze ist erreicht".

No misspelling variants are generated for das Maß ist voll 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 Maß ist voll, spelled D-A-S- -M-A-S-S- -I-S-T- -V-O-L-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Grenze ist erreicht

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "das Maß ist voll"?
"das Maß ist voll" is spelled D-A-S- -M-A-SS- -I-S-T- -V-O-L-L. The IPA pronunciation is [das ˈmaːs ɪst ˈfɔl].
What does "das Maß ist voll" mean?
As a phrase, "das Maß ist voll" means: die Grenze ist erreicht
How do you pronounce "das Maß ist voll"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "das Maß ist voll" is [das ˈmaːs ɪst ˈfɔl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "das Maß ist voll" come from?
"das Maß ist voll" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “das Maß ist voll”

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

  • The one correct German spelling is D-A-S- -M-A-S-S- -I-S-T- -V-O-L-L — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [das ˈmaːs ɪst ˈfɔl] (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.