die Kirche im Dorf lassen
[diː ˌkɪʁçə ɪm ˈdɔʁf ˌlasn̩]
The verdict
“die Kirche im Dorf lassen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 25
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nicht übertreiben, bei den Tatsachen bleiben
Corpus desk
Index DE-die-kirche-im-dorf-lasse · die Kirche im Dorf lassen · German
die Kirche im Dorf lassen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 25 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 Kirche im Dorf lassen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [diː ˌkɪʁçə ɪm ˈdɔʁf ˌlasn̩] |
| Letters | 25 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „die Kirche im Dorf lassen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
die Kirche im Dorf lassen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [diː ˌkɪʁçə ɪm ˈdɔʁf ˌlasn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nicht übertreiben, bei den Tatsachen bleiben".
die Kirche im Dorf lassen has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Kirche im Dorf lassen, spelled D-I-E- -K-I-R-C-H-E- -I-M- -D-O-R-F- -L-A-S-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1nicht übertreiben, bei den Tatsachen bleiben
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how die Kirche im Dorf lassen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Lass doch mal die Kirche im Dorf!
Jetzt wollen wir mal die Kirche im Dorf lassen, mein Frollein! Beruhige dich erst einmal.
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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.