die Letzten werden die Ersten sein
[diː ˈlɛt͡stən ˌveːɐ̯dn̩ diː ˈeːɐ̯stən zaɪ̯n]
The verdict
“die Letzten werden die Ersten sein” 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
- 34
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - wer im Diesseits unterprivilegiert ist, darf hoffen, dass ihm dies im Jenseits vergolten wird
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | die Letzten werden die Ersten sein |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [diː ˈlɛt͡stən ˌveːɐ̯dn̩ diː ˈeːɐ̯stən zaɪ̯n] |
| Letters | 34 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “die Letzten werden die Ersten sein” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for die Letzten werden die Ersten sein is 34 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [diː ˈlɛt͡stən ˌveːɐ̯dn̩ diː ˈeːɐ̯stən zaɪ̯n]. 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: "wer im Diesseits unterprivilegiert ist, darf hoffen, dass ihm dies im Jenseits vergolten wird".
No misspelling variants are generated for die Letzten werden die Ersten sein 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 Letzten werden die Ersten sein, spelled D-I-E- -L-E-T-Z-T-E-N- -W-E-R-D-E-N- -D-I-E- -E-R-S-T-E-N- -S-E-I-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1wer im Diesseits unterprivilegiert ist, darf hoffen, dass ihm dies im Jenseits vergolten wird
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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Using “die Letzten werden die Ersten sein”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is D-I-E- -L-E-T-Z-T-E-N- -W-E-R-D-E-N- -D-I-E- -E-R-S-T-E-N- -S-E-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [diː ˈlɛt͡stən ˌveːɐ̯dn̩ diː ˈeːɐ̯stən zaɪ̯n] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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