die Sache ist die, und der Umstand ist der
[diː ˈzaxə ʔɪst ˌdiː | ʔʊnt deːɐ̯ ˈʔʊmʃtant ʔɪst ˌdeːɐ̯]
The verdict
“die Sache ist die, und der Umstand ist der” 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
- 42
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - einleitende Floskel, der eine erklärende Äußerung folgt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | die Sache ist die, und der Umstand ist der |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [diː ˈzaxə ʔɪst ˌdiː | ʔʊnt deːɐ̯ ˈʔʊmʃtant ʔɪst ˌdeːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 42 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “die Sache ist die, und der Umstand ist der” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for die Sache ist die, und der Umstand ist der is 42 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [diː ˈzaxə ʔɪst ˌdiː | ʔʊnt deːɐ̯ ˈʔʊmʃtant ʔɪst ˌdeːɐ̯]. 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: "einleitende Floskel, der eine erklärende Äußerung folgt".
No misspelling variants are generated for die Sache ist die, und der Umstand ist der 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 Sache ist die, und der Umstand ist der, spelled D-I-E- -S-A-C-H-E- -I-S-T- -D-I-E-,- -U-N-D- -D-E-R- -U-M-S-T-A-N-D- -I-S-T- -D-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1einleitende Floskel, der eine erklärende Äußerung folgt
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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.
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- The one correct German spelling is D-I-E- -S-A-C-H-E- -I-S-T- -D-I-E-,- -U-N-D- -D-E-R- -U-M-S-T-A-N-D- -I-S-T- -D-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [diː ˈzaxə ʔɪst ˌdiː | ʔʊnt deːɐ̯ ˈʔʊmʃtant ʔɪst ˌdeːɐ̯] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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