die Beine in die Hand nehmen
[diː ˈbaɪ̯nə ˌɪn diː ˈhant ˌneːmən]
The verdict
“die Beine in die Hand nehmen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 28
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - schnell rennen, wegrennen
Corpus desk
Index DE-die-beine-in-die-hand-ne · die Beine in die Hand nehmen · German
die Beine in die Hand nehmen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 28 letters
- VOW-11 11 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 | die Beine in die Hand nehmen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [diː ˈbaɪ̯nə ˌɪn diː ˈhant ˌneːmən] |
| Letters | 28 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „die Beine in die Hand nehmen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
die Beine in die Hand nehmen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [diː ˈbaɪ̯nə ˌɪn diː ˈhant ˌneːmən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "schnell rennen, wegrennen".
No misspelling variants are generated for die Beine in die Hand nehmen in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is die Beine in die Hand nehmen, spelled D-I-E- -B-E-I-N-E- -I-N- -D-I-E- -H-A-N-D- -N-E-H-M-E-N.
Definition
- 1schnell rennen, wegrennen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how die Beine in die Hand nehmen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er nahm die Beine in die Hand und rannte so schnell er konnte.
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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.