den Ball flach halten
[deːn bal flax ˈhaltn̩]
The verdict
“den Ball flach halten” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich zurückhalten, kein unnötiges Risiko eingehen, keine Aufmerksamkeit erregen
Corpus desk
Index DE-den-ball-flach-halten · den Ball flach halten · German
den Ball flach halten · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 21 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 Ball flach halten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [deːn bal flax ˈhaltn̩] |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „den Ball flach halten“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
den Ball flach halten is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [deːn bal flax ˈhaltn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sich zurückhalten, kein unnötiges Risiko eingehen, keine Aufmerksamkeit erregen".
No misspelling variants are generated for den Ball flach halten in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is den Ball flach halten, spelled D-E-N- -B-A-L-L- -F-L-A-C-H- -H-A-L-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1sich zurückhalten, kein unnötiges Risiko eingehen, keine Aufmerksamkeit erregen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how den Ball flach halten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich glaube, wir sollten in unserer Lage den Ball lieber flach halten.
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.