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 May 6, 2026) - nicht weiter kämpfen, sich geschlagen geben
| 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) |
Where “die Waffen strecken” sits in German frequency
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
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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Using “die Waffen strecken”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is D-I-E- -W-A-F-F-E-N- -S-T-R-E-C-K-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [diː ˈvafn̩ ˈʃtʁɛkn̩] (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.