das Maul halten

/[das maʊ̯l ˈhaltn̩]/ phrase

Letters

15 characters

Language

German

word origin

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

das Maul halten is aGermanphrase. It means: still sein; den Mund nicht zum Reden öffnen Pronounced [das maʊ̯l ˈhaltn̩].

Key facts for das Maul halten
PropertyValue
Headworddas Maul halten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[das maʊ̯l ˈhaltn̩]
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

das Maul halten is not present in the top-100,000 ranked German corpus, typical for technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary.

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for das Maul halten is 15 letters long, classified as aphrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [das maʊ̯l ˈhaltn̩]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for das Maul halten 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 Maul halten, spelled D-A-S- -M-A-U-L- -H-A-L-T-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    still sein; den Mund nicht zum Reden öffnen
  2. 2
    nicht irgendjemandem mitteilen, was man über eine bestimmte Angelegenheit weiß

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "das Maul halten"?
"das Maul halten" is spelled D-A-S- -M-A-U-L- -H-A-L-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [das maʊ̯l ˈhaltn̩].
What does "das Maul halten" mean?
As a phrase, "das Maul halten" means: still sein; den Mund nicht zum Reden öffnen
How do you pronounce "das Maul halten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "das Maul halten" is [das maʊ̯l ˈhaltn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "das Maul halten" come from?
"das Maul halten" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.