det har gått troll i

[ˈdɛːt ˈhɑːr ˈɡɔtː ˈtrɔlː ɪ]

/[ˈdɛːt ˈhɑːr ˈɡɔtː ˈtrɔlː ɪ]/ phrase

The verdict

“det har gått troll i” 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
20
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - etwas, mit dem man ganz und gar nicht klarkommen kann; etwas ist wie verhext; das sagt man über etwas, das unter dem Einfluss der Macht des Trolls steht, also etwas, mit dem man gar nicht zurechtko...

Key facts for det har gått troll i
PropertyValue
Headworddet har gått troll i
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[ˈdɛːt ˈhɑːr ˈɡɔtː ˈtrɔlː ɪ]
Letters20
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “det har gått troll i” sits in German frequency

det har gått troll i 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 har gått troll i is 20 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈdɛːt ˈhɑːr ˈɡɔtː ˈtrɔlː ɪ]. 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: "etwas, mit dem man ganz und gar nicht klarkommen kann; etwas ist wie verhext; das sagt man über etwas, das unter dem Einfluss der Macht des Trolls steht, also etwas, mit dem man gar nicht zurechtko...".

No misspelling variants are generated for det har gått troll i 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 har gått troll i, spelled D-E-T- -H-A-R- -G-Å-T-T- -T-R-O-L-L- -I, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas, mit dem man ganz und gar nicht klarkommen kann; etwas ist wie verhext; das sagt man über etwas, das unter dem Einfluss der Macht des Trolls steht, also etwas, mit dem man gar nicht zurechtkommen kann; da sitzt der Wurm drin; „da ist der Troll hineingekommen“

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 har gått troll i"?
"det har gått troll i" is spelled D-E-T- -H-A-R- -G-Å-T-T- -T-R-O-L-L- -I. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈdɛːt ˈhɑːr ˈɡɔtː ˈtrɔlː ɪ].
What does "det har gått troll i" mean?
As a phrase, "det har gått troll i" means: etwas, mit dem man ganz und gar nicht klarkommen kann; etwas ist wie verhext; das sagt man über etwas, das unter dem Einfluss der Macht des Trolls steht, also etwas, mit dem man gar nicht zurechtko...
How do you pronounce "det har gått troll i"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "det har gått troll i" is [ˈdɛːt ˈhɑːr ˈɡɔtː ˈtrɔlː ɪ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “det har gått troll i”

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

  • The one correct German spelling is D-E-T- -H-A-R- -G-Å-T-T- -T-R-O-L-L- -I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈdɛːt ˈhɑːr ˈɡɔtː ˈtrɔlː ɪ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.

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