den Fehdehandschuh aufnehmen
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The verdict
“den Fehdehandschuh aufnehmen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 28
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Herausforderung annehmen
Corpus desk
Index DE-den-fehdehandschuh-aufne · den Fehdehandschuh aufnehmen · German
den Fehdehandschuh aufnehmen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 28 letters
- VOW-9 9 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 Fehdehandschuh aufnehmen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 28 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „den Fehdehandschuh aufnehmen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
den Fehdehandschuh aufnehmen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Herausforderung annehmen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for den Fehdehandschuh aufnehmen, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is den Fehdehandschuh aufnehmen, spelled D-E-N- -F-E-H-D-E-H-A-N-D-S-C-H-U-H- -A-U-F-N-E-H-M-E-N.
Definition
- 1eine Herausforderung annehmen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how den Fehdehandschuh aufnehmen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Einer Deputation Kieler Professoren antwortete der König schon früher, seine Armee werde den Fehdehandschuh aufnehmen, wenn man sie zwinge.“
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.