die Waffen strecken
[diː ˈvafn̩ ˈʃtʁɛkn̩]
The verdict
“die Waffen strecken” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nicht weiter kämpfen, sich geschlagen geben
Corpus desk
Index DE-die-waffen-strecken · die Waffen strecken · German
die Waffen strecken · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 19 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 Waffen strecken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [diː ˈvafn̩ ˈʃtʁɛkn̩] |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „die Waffen strecken“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
die Waffen strecken is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [diː ˈvafn̩ ˈʃtʁɛkn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nicht weiter kämpfen, sich geschlagen geben".
No generated misspelling entries exist for die Waffen strecken in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 Waffen strecken, spelled D-I-E- -W-A-F-F-E-N- -S-T-R-E-C-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1nicht weiter kämpfen, sich geschlagen geben
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how die Waffen strecken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Streckt die Waffen! Ihr seid umzingelt!
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.