det går upp en talgdank

phrase

The verdict

“det går upp en talgdank” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
23
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - nun ist der Zusammenhang plötzlich klar; jemandem geht ein Licht auf; „es geht ein Talglicht auf“

Key facts for det går upp en talgdank
PropertyValue
Headworddet går upp en talgdank
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
Letters23
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “det går upp en talgdank” sits in German frequency

det går upp en talgdank falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for det går upp en talgdank is 23 letters long, classified as a phrase. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "nun ist der Zusammenhang plötzlich klar; jemandem geht ein Licht auf; „es geht ein Talglicht auf“".

No misspelling variants are generated for det går upp en talgdank in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. 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.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is det går upp en talgdank, spelled D-E-T- -G-Å-R- -U-P-P- -E-N- -T-A-L-G-D-A-N-K, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    nun ist der Zusammenhang plötzlich klar; jemandem geht ein Licht auf; „es geht ein Talglicht auf“

Synonyms

det tänds en Lumadet tänds ett Liljeholmenspolletten trillar ner

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "det går upp en talgdank"?
"det går upp en talgdank" is spelled D-E-T- -G-Å-R- -U-P-P- -E-N- -T-A-L-G-D-A-N-K.
What does "det går upp en talgdank" mean?
As a phrase, "det går upp en talgdank" means: nun ist der Zusammenhang plötzlich klar; jemandem geht ein Licht auf; „es geht ein Talglicht auf“
What language does "det går upp en talgdank" come from?
"det går upp en talgdank" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “det går upp en talgdank”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is D-E-T- -G-Å-R- -U-P-P- -E-N- -T-A-L-G-D-A-N-K - 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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

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