der kleine Mann
[deːɐ̯ ˈklaɪ̯nə man]
The verdict
“der kleine Mann” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein einfacher, durchschnittlicher Mensch, ohne viel Geld, ohne Macht und Einfluss
Corpus desk
Index DE-der-kleine-mann · der kleine Mann · German
der kleine Mann · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | der kleine Mann |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [deːɐ̯ ˈklaɪ̯nə man] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „der kleine Mann“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
der kleine Mann is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [deːɐ̯ ˈklaɪ̯nə man]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for der kleine Mann, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword 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 easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is der kleine Mann, spelled D-E-R- -K-L-E-I-N-E- -M-A-N-N.
Definition
- 1ein einfacher, durchschnittlicher Mensch, ohne viel Geld, ohne Macht und Einfluss
- 2Penis
Antonyms
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.