eine Lanze brechen
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The verdict
“eine Lanze brechen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich für jemanden oder etwas einsetzen
Corpus desk
Index DE-eine-lanze-brechen · eine Lanze brechen · German
eine Lanze brechen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" 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 | eine Lanze brechen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „eine Lanze brechen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
eine Lanze brechen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sich für jemanden oder etwas einsetzen".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for eine Lanze brechen, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is eine Lanze brechen, spelled E-I-N-E- -L-A-N-Z-E- -B-R-E-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1sich für jemanden oder etwas einsetzen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how eine Lanze brechen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Wir müssen hier eine Lanze brechen für einen tapferen Manager, den viele in den letzten Tagen, Wochen, ja Jahren für eigensinnig, halsstarrig, ja verbohrt hielten - und das völlig zu Unrecht: Hartmut Mehdorn.“
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.