elda för kråkorna
[`ɛ̝lda ˈfœːr `kroːkɔɳa]
The verdict
“elda för kråkorna” 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
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - mit Heizstoff, Brennstoff verschwenderisch umgehen; die Wärme durch den Schornstein jagen; etwas nutzlos verschwenden; auf eine Art und Weise unwirtschaftlich heizen, dass man die Wärme durch den S...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | elda för kråkorna |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [`ɛ̝lda ˈfœːr `kroːkɔɳa] |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “elda för kråkorna” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for elda för kråkorna is 17 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [`ɛ̝lda ˈfœːr `kroːkɔɳa]. 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: "mit Heizstoff, Brennstoff verschwenderisch umgehen; die Wärme durch den Schornstein jagen; etwas nutzlos verschwenden; auf eine Art und Weise unwirtschaftlich heizen, dass man die Wärme durch den S...".
No misspelling variants are generated for elda för kråkorna 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 elda för kråkorna, spelled E-L-D-A- -F-Ö-R- -K-R-Å-K-O-R-N-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1mit Heizstoff, Brennstoff verschwenderisch umgehen; die Wärme durch den Schornstein jagen; etwas nutzlos verschwenden; auf eine Art und Weise unwirtschaftlich heizen, dass man die Wärme durch den Schornstein wegziehen lässt; „für die Krähen heizen“
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.
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Using “elda för kråkorna”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-L-D-A- -F-Ö-R- -K-R-Å-K-O-R-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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