ein Fass aufmachen

/[aɪ̯n fas ˈaʊ̯fˌmaxn̩]/ phrase

Letters

18 characters

Language

German

word origin

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

ein Fass aufmachen is aGermanphrase. It means: ordentlich feiern ( und dabei Alkohol trinken) Pronounced [aɪ̯n fas ˈaʊ̯fˌmaxn̩].

Key facts for ein Fass aufmachen
PropertyValue
Headwordein Fass aufmachen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[aɪ̯n fas ˈaʊ̯fˌmaxn̩]
Letters18
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

ein Fass aufmachen is not present in the top-100,000 ranked German corpus, typical for technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary.

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for ein Fass aufmachen is 18 letters long, classified as aphrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aɪ̯n fas ˈaʊ̯fˌmaxn̩]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for ein Fass aufmachen 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 ein Fass aufmachen, spelled E-I-N- -F-A-S-S- -A-U-F-M-A-C-H-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ordentlich feiern ( und dabei Alkohol trinken)
  2. 2
    einen neuen (oftmals kontroversen) Punkt zu einer Diskussion beitragen, der weitere Diskussionen auslöst

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ein Fass aufmachen"?
"ein Fass aufmachen" is spelled E-I-N- -F-A-S-S- -A-U-F-M-A-C-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [aɪ̯n fas ˈaʊ̯fˌmaxn̩].
What does "ein Fass aufmachen" mean?
As a phrase, "ein Fass aufmachen" means: ordentlich feiern ( und dabei Alkohol trinken)
How do you pronounce "ein Fass aufmachen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ein Fass aufmachen" is [aɪ̯n fas ˈaʊ̯fˌmaxn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ein Fass aufmachen" come from?
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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.