das pfeifen die Spatzen von den Dächern

/[das ˈp͡faɪ̯fn̩ diː ˈʃpat͡sn̩ fɔn deːn ˈdɛçɐn]/ phrase

The verdict

“das pfeifen die Spatzen von den Dächern” 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
39
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: das ist allgemein bekannt, das weiß jeder, auch wenn es noch nicht offiziell ist

Key facts for das pfeifen die Spatzen von den Dächern
PropertyValue
Headworddas pfeifen die Spatzen von den Dächern
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[das ˈp͡faɪ̯fn̩ diː ˈʃpat͡sn̩ fɔn deːn ˈdɛçɐn]
Letters39
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “das pfeifen die Spatzen von den Dächern” sits in German frequency

das pfeifen die Spatzen von den Dächern 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 pfeifen die Spatzen von den Dächern is 39 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [das ˈp͡faɪ̯fn̩ diː ˈʃpat͡sn̩ fɔn deːn ˈdɛçɐn]. 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: "das ist allgemein bekannt, das weiß jeder, auch wenn es noch nicht offiziell ist".

No misspelling variants are generated for das pfeifen die Spatzen von den Dächern 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 pfeifen die Spatzen von den Dächern, spelled D-A-S- -P-F-E-I-F-E-N- -D-I-E- -S-P-A-T-Z-E-N- -V-O-N- -D-E-N- -D-Ä-C-H-E-R-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    das ist allgemein bekannt, das weiß jeder, auch wenn es noch nicht offiziell ist

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "das pfeifen die Spatzen von den Dächern"?
"das pfeifen die Spatzen von den Dächern" is spelled D-A-S- -P-F-E-I-F-E-N- -D-I-E- -S-P-A-T-Z-E-N- -V-O-N- -D-E-N- -D-Ä-C-H-E-R-N. The IPA pronunciation is [das ˈp͡faɪ̯fn̩ diː ˈʃpat͡sn̩ fɔn deːn ˈdɛçɐn].
What does "das pfeifen die Spatzen von den Dächern" mean?
As a phrase, "das pfeifen die Spatzen von den Dächern" means: das ist allgemein bekannt, das weiß jeder, auch wenn es noch nicht offiziell ist
How do you pronounce "das pfeifen die Spatzen von den Dächern"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "das pfeifen die Spatzen von den Dächern" is [das ˈp͡faɪ̯fn̩ diː ˈʃpat͡sn̩ fɔn deːn ˈdɛçɐn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "das pfeifen die Spatzen von den Dächern" come from?
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Using “das pfeifen die Spatzen von den Dächern”

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

  • The one correct German spelling is D-A-S- -P-F-E-I-F-E-N- -D-I-E- -S-P-A-T-Z-E-N- -V-O-N- -D-E-N- -D-Ä-C-H-E-R-N — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [das ˈp͡faɪ̯fn̩ diː ˈʃpat͡sn̩ fɔn deːn ˈdɛçɐn] (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.