den Gürtel enger schnallen
[deːn ˈɡʏʁtl̩ ˈɛŋɐ ˌʃnalən]
The verdict
“den Gürtel enger schnallen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 26
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sparen; sich einschränken
Corpus desk
Index DE-den-gurtel-enger-schnall · den Gürtel enger schnallen · German
den Gürtel enger schnallen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 26 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 Gürtel enger schnallen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [deːn ˈɡʏʁtl̩ ˈɛŋɐ ˌʃnalən] |
| Letters | 26 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „den Gürtel enger schnallen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
den Gürtel enger schnallen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [deːn ˈɡʏʁtl̩ ˈɛŋɐ ˌʃnalən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sparen; sich einschränken".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for den Gürtel enger schnallen, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is den Gürtel enger schnallen, spelled D-E-N- -G-Ü-R-T-E-L- -E-N-G-E-R- -S-C-H-N-A-L-L-E-N.
Definition
- 1sparen; sich einschränken
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how den Gürtel enger schnallen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In Zeiten der Rezession müssen alle den Gürtel enger schnallen.
„Man müsste den Gürtel nur noch ein wenig enger schnallen.“
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.