das Übel an der Wurzel packen

/[daːs ˈyːbl̩ an deːɐ̯ ˈvʊʁt͡sl̩ ˈpakn̩]/ phrase

The verdict

“das Übel an der Wurzel packen” 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
29
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: die Ursachen (eines Problems, Übels, Missstandes) bekämpfen

Key facts for das Übel an der Wurzel packen
PropertyValue
Headworddas Übel an der Wurzel packen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[daːs ˈyːbl̩ an deːɐ̯ ˈvʊʁt͡sl̩ ˈpakn̩]
Letters29
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “das Übel an der Wurzel packen” sits in German frequency

das Übel an der Wurzel packen 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 Übel an der Wurzel packen is 29 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [daːs ˈyːbl̩ an deːɐ̯ ˈvʊʁt͡sl̩ ˈpakn̩]. 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 Ursachen (eines Problems, Übels, Missstandes) bekämpfen".

No misspelling variants are generated for das Übel an der Wurzel packen 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 Übel an der Wurzel packen, spelled D-A-S- -Ü-B-E-L- -A-N- -D-E-R- -W-U-R-Z-E-L- -P-A-C-K-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Ursachen (eines Problems, Übels, Missstandes) bekämpfen

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "das Übel an der Wurzel packen"?
"das Übel an der Wurzel packen" is spelled D-A-S- -Ü-B-E-L- -A-N- -D-E-R- -W-U-R-Z-E-L- -P-A-C-K-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [daːs ˈyːbl̩ an deːɐ̯ ˈvʊʁt͡sl̩ ˈpakn̩].
What does "das Übel an der Wurzel packen" mean?
As a phrase, "das Übel an der Wurzel packen" means: die Ursachen (eines Problems, Übels, Missstandes) bekämpfen
How do you pronounce "das Übel an der Wurzel packen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "das Übel an der Wurzel packen" is [daːs ˈyːbl̩ an deːɐ̯ ˈvʊʁt͡sl̩ ˈpakn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "das Übel an der Wurzel packen" come from?
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Using “das Übel an der Wurzel packen”

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

  • The one correct German spelling is D-A-S- -Ü-B-E-L- -A-N- -D-E-R- -W-U-R-Z-E-L- -P-A-C-K-E-N — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [daːs ˈyːbl̩ an deːɐ̯ ˈvʊʁt͡sl̩ ˈpakn̩] (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.