den Kopf hängen lassen
[deːn ˈkɔp͡f ˈhɛŋən ˈlasn̩]
The verdict
“den Kopf hängen lassen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 22
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - den Mut verlieren, die Hoffnung verlieren, enttäuscht sein
Corpus desk
Index DE-den-kopf-hangen-lassen · den Kopf hängen lassen · German
den Kopf hängen lassen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 22 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 Kopf hängen lassen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [deːn ˈkɔp͡f ˈhɛŋən ˈlasn̩] |
| Letters | 22 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „den Kopf hängen lassen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
den Kopf hängen lassen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [deːn ˈkɔp͡f ˈhɛŋən ˈlasn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "den Mut verlieren, die Hoffnung verlieren, enttäuscht sein".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for den Kopf hängen lassen, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is den Kopf hängen lassen, spelled D-E-N- -K-O-P-F- -H-Ä-N-G-E-N- -L-A-S-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1den Mut verlieren, die Hoffnung verlieren, enttäuscht sein
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how den Kopf hängen lassen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Lass den Kopf nicht hängen, das wird schon wieder.“
In der 83. Minute schießt Mchitarjan für die Dortmunder das 3:0, das Spiel ist entschieden und die Berliner lassen die Köpfe hängen.
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.