den Kopf verlieren
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The verdict
“den Kopf verlieren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - unruhig/panisch werden und in der Folge unüberlegt/vorschnell handeln
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | den Kopf verlieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “den Kopf verlieren” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
den Kopf verlieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "unruhig/panisch werden und in der Folge unüberlegt/vorschnell handeln".
den Kopf verlieren doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is den Kopf verlieren, spelled D-E-N- -K-O-P-F- -V-E-R-L-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1unruhig/panisch werden und in der Folge unüberlegt/vorschnell handeln
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.
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- The one correct German spelling is D-E-N- -K-O-P-F- -V-E-R-L-I-E-R-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.