einem Schatten nachjagen

/[…]/ phrase

The verdict

“einem Schatten nachjagen” 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
24
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: ein unrealistisches Ziel verfolgen

Key facts for einem Schatten nachjagen
PropertyValue
Headwordeinem Schatten nachjagen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[…]
Letters24
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “einem Schatten nachjagen” sits in German frequency

einem Schatten nachjagen 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 Schatten nachjagen is 24 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 unrealistisches Ziel verfolgen".

No misspelling variants are generated for einem Schatten nachjagen 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 Schatten nachjagen, spelled E-I-N-E-M- -S-C-H-A-T-T-E-N- -N-A-C-H-J-A-G-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein unrealistisches Ziel verfolgen

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "einem Schatten nachjagen"?
"einem Schatten nachjagen" is spelled E-I-N-E-M- -S-C-H-A-T-T-E-N- -N-A-C-H-J-A-G-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "einem Schatten nachjagen" mean?
As a phrase, "einem Schatten nachjagen" means: ein unrealistisches Ziel verfolgen
How do you pronounce "einem Schatten nachjagen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "einem Schatten nachjagen" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "einem Schatten nachjagen" come from?
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Using “einem Schatten nachjagen”

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

  • The one correct German spelling is E-I-N-E-M- -S-C-H-A-T-T-E-N- -N-A-C-H-J-A-G-E-N — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as […] (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.