die Flinte ins Korn werfen
[diː ˈflɪntə ɪns kɔʁn ˈvɛʁfən]
The verdict
“die Flinte ins Korn werfen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 26
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zu schnell aufgeben
Corpus desk
Index DE-die-flinte-ins-korn-werf · die Flinte ins Korn werfen · German
die Flinte ins Korn werfen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 26 letters
- VOW-8 8 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 Flinte ins Korn werfen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [diː ˈflɪntə ɪns kɔʁn ˈvɛʁfən] |
| Letters | 26 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „die Flinte ins Korn werfen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
die Flinte ins Korn werfen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [diː ˈflɪntə ɪns kɔʁn ˈvɛʁfən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zu schnell aufgeben".
No generated misspelling entries exist for die Flinte ins Korn werfen in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is die Flinte ins Korn werfen, spelled D-I-E- -F-L-I-N-T-E- -I-N-S- -K-O-R-N- -W-E-R-F-E-N.
Definition
- 1zu schnell aufgeben
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how die Flinte ins Korn werfen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wenn man etwas nicht beim ersten Versuch schafft, sollte man nicht gleich die Flinte ins Korn werfen.
„Sehen Sie sich doch die Ergebnisse vom Sonntag an: Aachen verliert, Duisburg geht unter – da darf man nicht nach einer Niederlage die Flinte ins Korn werfen.“
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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.