ge betalt för gammal ost

/[ˈjeː be̞ˈtɑːlt ˈfœːr `ɡamːal ˈʊst]/ phrase

The verdict

“ge betalt för gammal ost” 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: sich rächen; jemanden für ein Unrecht oder eine Kränkung büßen lassen; es jemandem ordentlich besorgen, heimzahlen; etwas jemandem heimzahlen; ein erlittenes Unrecht vergelten; eine alte Rechnung b...

Key facts for ge betalt för gammal ost
PropertyValue
Headwordge betalt för gammal ost
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[ˈjeː be̞ˈtɑːlt ˈfœːr `ɡamːal ˈʊst]
Letters24
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “ge betalt för gammal ost” sits in German frequency

ge betalt för gammal ost 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 ge betalt för gammal ost is 24 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈjeː be̞ˈtɑːlt ˈfœːr `ɡamːal ˈʊst]. 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: "sich rächen; jemanden für ein Unrecht oder eine Kränkung büßen lassen; es jemandem ordentlich besorgen, heimzahlen; etwas jemandem heimzahlen; ein erlittenes Unrecht vergelten; eine alte Rechnung b...".

No misspelling variants are generated for ge betalt för gammal ost 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 ge betalt för gammal ost, spelled G-E- -B-E-T-A-L-T- -F-Ö-R- -G-A-M-M-A-L- -O-S-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    sich rächen; jemanden für ein Unrecht oder eine Kränkung büßen lassen; es jemandem ordentlich besorgen, heimzahlen; etwas jemandem heimzahlen; ein erlittenes Unrecht vergelten; eine alte Rechnung begleichen; „für alten Käse bezahlt geben“

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ge betalt för gammal ost"?
"ge betalt för gammal ost" is spelled G-E- -B-E-T-A-L-T- -F-Ö-R- -G-A-M-M-A-L- -O-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈjeː be̞ˈtɑːlt ˈfœːr `ɡamːal ˈʊst].
What does "ge betalt för gammal ost" mean?
As a phrase, "ge betalt för gammal ost" means: sich rächen; jemanden für ein Unrecht oder eine Kränkung büßen lassen; es jemandem ordentlich besorgen, heimzahlen; etwas jemandem heimzahlen; ein erlittenes Unrecht vergelten; eine alte Rechnung b...
How do you pronounce "ge betalt för gammal ost"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ge betalt för gammal ost" is [ˈjeː be̞ˈtɑːlt ˈfœːr `ɡamːal ˈʊst]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ge betalt för gammal ost" come from?
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Using “ge betalt för gammal ost”

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

  • The one correct German spelling is G-E- -B-E-T-A-L-T- -F-Ö-R- -G-A-M-M-A-L- -O-S-T — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈjeː be̞ˈtɑːlt ˈfœːr `ɡamːal ˈʊst] (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.