den Kochlöffel schwingen
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The verdict
“den Kochlöffel schwingen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 24
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Speisen zubereiten, kochen
Corpus desk
Index DE-den-kochloffel-schwingen · den Kochlöffel schwingen · German
den Kochlöffel schwingen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 24 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 Kochlöffel schwingen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 24 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „den Kochlöffel schwingen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
den Kochlöffel schwingen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Speisen zubereiten, kochen".
den Kochlöffel schwingen has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is den Kochlöffel schwingen, spelled D-E-N- -K-O-C-H-L-Ö-F-F-E-L- -S-C-H-W-I-N-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1Speisen zubereiten, kochen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how den Kochlöffel schwingen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die vielen Kochshows im Fernsehen animieren immer mehr Männer dazu, selbst einmal den Kochlöffel zu schwingen.
Synonyms
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.