ein Schuss in den Ofen

/[aɪ̯n ʃʊs ɪn deːn ˈoːfn̩]/ phrase

Letters

22 characters

Language

German

word origin

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

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similar word pairs

ein Schuss in den Ofen is aGermanphrase. It means: misslungenes Vorhaben; Verfehlen eines gesteckten Ziels Pronounced [aɪ̯n ʃʊs ɪn deːn ˈoːfn̩].

Key facts for ein Schuss in den Ofen
PropertyValue
Headwordein Schuss in den Ofen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[aɪ̯n ʃʊs ɪn deːn ˈoːfn̩]
Letters22
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for ein Schuss in den Ofen is 22 letters long, classified as aphrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aɪ̯n ʃʊs ɪn deːn ˈoːfn̩]. 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: "misslungenes Vorhaben; Verfehlen eines gesteckten Ziels".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for ein Schuss in den Ofen in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.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 Schuss in den Ofen, spelled E-I-N- -S-C-H-U-S-S- -I-N- -D-E-N- -O-F-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    misslungenes Vorhaben; Verfehlen eines gesteckten Ziels

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ein Schuss in den Ofen"?
"ein Schuss in den Ofen" is spelled E-I-N- -S-C-H-U-S-S- -I-N- -D-E-N- -O-F-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [aɪ̯n ʃʊs ɪn deːn ˈoːfn̩].
What does "ein Schuss in den Ofen" mean?
As a phrase, "ein Schuss in den Ofen" means: misslungenes Vorhaben; Verfehlen eines gesteckten Ziels
How do you pronounce "ein Schuss in den Ofen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ein Schuss in den Ofen" is [aɪ̯n ʃʊs ɪn deːn ˈoːfn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ein Schuss in den Ofen" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.