einem nackten Mann in die Tasche greifen

/[ˈaɪ̯nəm ˈnaktn̩ man ɪn diː ˈtaʃə ˈɡʁaɪ̯fn̩]/ phrase

The verdict

“einem nackten Mann in die Tasche greifen” 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
40
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: etwas Sinnloses tun; versuchen, etwas (besonders Geld) dort zu bekommen, wo es nicht vorhanden ist

Key facts for einem nackten Mann in die Tasche greifen
PropertyValue
Headwordeinem nackten Mann in die Tasche greifen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[ˈaɪ̯nəm ˈnaktn̩ man ɪn diː ˈtaʃə ˈɡʁaɪ̯fn̩]
Letters40
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “einem nackten Mann in die Tasche greifen” sits in German frequency

einem nackten Mann in die Tasche greifen falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words — the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for einem nackten Mann in die Tasche greifen is 40 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaɪ̯nəm ˈnaktn̩ man ɪn diː ˈtaʃə ˈɡʁaɪ̯fn̩]. 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: "etwas Sinnloses tun; versuchen, etwas (besonders Geld) dort zu bekommen, wo es nicht vorhanden ist".

No misspelling variants are generated for einem nackten Mann in die Tasche greifen 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 einem nackten Mann in die Tasche greifen, spelled E-I-N-E-M- -N-A-C-K-T-E-N- -M-A-N-N- -I-N- -D-I-E- -T-A-S-C-H-E- -G-R-E-I-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
    etwas Sinnloses tun; versuchen, etwas (besonders Geld) dort zu bekommen, wo es nicht vorhanden ist

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "einem nackten Mann in die Tasche greifen"?
"einem nackten Mann in die Tasche greifen" is spelled E-I-N-E-M- -N-A-C-K-T-E-N- -M-A-N-N- -I-N- -D-I-E- -T-A-S-C-H-E- -G-R-E-I-F-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaɪ̯nəm ˈnaktn̩ man ɪn diː ˈtaʃə ˈɡʁaɪ̯fn̩].
What does "einem nackten Mann in die Tasche greifen" mean?
As a phrase, "einem nackten Mann in die Tasche greifen" means: etwas Sinnloses tun; versuchen, etwas (besonders Geld) dort zu bekommen, wo es nicht vorhanden ist
How do you pronounce "einem nackten Mann in die Tasche greifen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "einem nackten Mann in die Tasche greifen" is [ˈaɪ̯nəm ˈnaktn̩ man ɪn diː ˈtaʃə ˈɡʁaɪ̯fn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "einem nackten Mann in die Tasche greifen" come from?
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Using “einem nackten Mann in die Tasche greifen”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is E-I-N-E-M- -N-A-C-K-T-E-N- -M-A-N-N- -I-N- -D-I-E- -T-A-S-C-H-E- -G-R-E-I-F-E-N — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈaɪ̯nəm ˈnaktn̩ man ɪn diː ˈtaʃə ˈɡʁaɪ̯fn̩] (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.