dümmer sein, als die Polizei erlaubt
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The verdict
“dümmer sein, als die Polizei erlaubt” 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
- 36
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ein von keinerlei Intelligenz zeugendes Handeln zeigen, als äußerst dumm empfunden werden
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dümmer sein, als die Polizei erlaubt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 36 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dümmer sein, als die Polizei erlaubt” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for dümmer sein, als die Polizei erlaubt is 36 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as […]. 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: "ein von keinerlei Intelligenz zeugendes Handeln zeigen, als äußerst dumm empfunden werden".
dümmer sein, als die Polizei erlaubt doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 dümmer sein, als die Polizei erlaubt, spelled D-Ü-M-M-E-R- -S-E-I-N-,- -A-L-S- -D-I-E- -P-O-L-I-Z-E-I- -E-R-L-A-U-B-T.
Definition
- 1ein von keinerlei Intelligenz zeugendes Handeln zeigen, als äußerst dumm empfunden werden
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-Ü-M-M-E-R- -S-E-I-N-,- -A-L-S- -D-I-E- -P-O-L-I-Z-E-I- -E-R-L-A-U-B-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.