einer Sache auf den Grund gehen
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The verdict
“einer Sache auf den Grund gehen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 31
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die genaue Ursache von etwas herausfinden
Corpus desk
Index DE-einer-sache-auf-den-grun · einer Sache auf den Grund gehen · German
einer Sache auf den Grund gehen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 31 letters
- VOW-11 11 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 | einer Sache auf den Grund gehen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 31 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „einer Sache auf den Grund gehen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
einer Sache auf den Grund gehen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die genaue Ursache von etwas herausfinden".
einer Sache auf den Grund gehen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is einer Sache auf den Grund gehen, spelled E-I-N-E-R- -S-A-C-H-E- -A-U-F- -D-E-N- -G-R-U-N-D- -G-E-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1die genaue Ursache von etwas herausfinden
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how einer Sache auf den Grund gehen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wir müssen der Sache auf den Grund gehen!
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