etwas die Spitze nehmen
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The verdict
“etwas die Spitze nehmen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 23
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einer Sache die Schärfe, das Gefährliche nehmen, besänftigend wirken
Corpus desk
Index DE-etwas-die-spitze-nehmen · etwas die Spitze nehmen · German
etwas die Spitze nehmen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 23 letters
- VOW-8 8 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 | etwas die Spitze nehmen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 23 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „etwas die Spitze nehmen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
etwas die Spitze nehmen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "einer Sache die Schärfe, das Gefährliche nehmen, besänftigend wirken".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for etwas die Spitze nehmen, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is etwas die Spitze nehmen, spelled E-T-W-A-S- -D-I-E- -S-P-I-T-Z-E- -N-E-H-M-E-N.
Definition
- 1einer Sache die Schärfe, das Gefährliche nehmen, besänftigend wirken
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how etwas die Spitze nehmen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mit kleinen Zugeständnissen versuchten die Arbeitgebervertreter zunächst den Forderungen des Betriebsrats die Spitze zu nehmen.
Synonyms
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.