die Hoffnung stirbt zuletzt

[diː ˈhɔfnʊŋ ʃtɪʁpt t͡suˈlɛt͡st]

/[diː ˈhɔfnʊŋ ʃtɪʁpt t͡suˈlɛt͡st]/ phrase

The verdict

“die Hoffnung stirbt zuletzt” 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
27
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - die Hoffnung sollte das letzte sein, was man aufgibt

Key facts for die Hoffnung stirbt zuletzt
PropertyValue
Headworddie Hoffnung stirbt zuletzt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[diː ˈhɔfnʊŋ ʃtɪʁpt t͡suˈlɛt͡st]
Letters27
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “die Hoffnung stirbt zuletzt” sits in German frequency

die Hoffnung stirbt zuletzt 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 die Hoffnung stirbt zuletzt is 27 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [diː ˈhɔfnʊŋ ʃtɪʁpt t͡suˈlɛt͡st]. 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: "die Hoffnung sollte das letzte sein, was man aufgibt".

No misspelling variants are generated for die Hoffnung stirbt zuletzt 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 die Hoffnung stirbt zuletzt, spelled D-I-E- -H-O-F-F-N-U-N-G- -S-T-I-R-B-T- -Z-U-L-E-T-Z-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Hoffnung sollte das letzte sein, was man aufgibt

This word in other languages

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 "die Hoffnung stirbt zuletzt"?
"die Hoffnung stirbt zuletzt" is spelled D-I-E- -H-O-F-F-N-U-N-G- -S-T-I-R-B-T- -Z-U-L-E-T-Z-T. The IPA pronunciation is [diː ˈhɔfnʊŋ ʃtɪʁpt t͡suˈlɛt͡st].
What does "die Hoffnung stirbt zuletzt" mean?
As a phrase, "die Hoffnung stirbt zuletzt" means: die Hoffnung sollte das letzte sein, was man aufgibt
How do you pronounce "die Hoffnung stirbt zuletzt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "die Hoffnung stirbt zuletzt" is [diː ˈhɔfnʊŋ ʃtɪʁpt t͡suˈlɛt͡st]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “die Hoffnung stirbt zuletzt”

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

  • The one correct German spelling is D-I-E- -H-O-F-F-N-U-N-G- -S-T-I-R-B-T- -Z-U-L-E-T-Z-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [diː ˈhɔfnʊŋ ʃtɪʁpt t͡suˈlɛt͡st] (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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