den Bach runtergehen
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The verdict
“den Bach runtergehen” 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
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - im Niedergang begriffen sein, verfallen
| 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) |
Where “den Bach runtergehen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for den Bach runtergehen is 20 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as […]. 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: "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
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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.
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- The one correct German spelling is D-E-N- -B-A-C-H- -R-U-N-T-E-R-G-E-H-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.