den Bach runtergehen
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The verdict
“den Bach runtergehen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - im Niedergang begriffen sein, verfallen
Corpus desk
Index DE-den-bach-runtergehen · den Bach runtergehen · German
den Bach runtergehen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 20 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | den Bach runtergehen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „den Bach runtergehen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
den Bach runtergehen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "im Niedergang begriffen sein, verfallen".
den Bach runtergehen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is den Bach runtergehen, spelled D-E-N- -B-A-C-H- -R-U-N-T-E-R-G-E-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1im Niedergang begriffen sein, verfallen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how den Bach runtergehen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Seit der neue Chef da ist, geht die Firma den Bach runter.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.