fit wie ein Turnschuh
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The verdict
“fit wie ein Turnschuh” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - athletisch, durchtrainiert
Corpus desk
Index DE-fit-wie-ein-turnschuh · fit wie ein Turnschuh · German
fit wie ein Turnschuh · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 21 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" 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 | fit wie ein Turnschuh |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „fit wie ein Turnschuh“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
fit wie ein Turnschuh is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "athletisch, durchtrainiert".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for fit wie ein Turnschuh, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 fit wie ein Turnschuh, spelled F-I-T- -W-I-E- -E-I-N- -T-U-R-N-S-C-H-U-H.
Definition
- 1athletisch, durchtrainiert
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how fit wie ein Turnschuh appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wer fit wie ein Turnschuh sein will, der muss viel trainieren.
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.