ge sig till känna

/[ˈjeː sɛ̝jː tɪlˈɕɛ̝nːa]/ phrase

The verdict

“ge sig till känna” 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

Dominant Wiktionary sense: sich hören lassen, mitteilen, dass man in der Nähe ist seine Anwesenheit bekanntgeben; sich zu erkennen geben; sich zeigen oder bemerkbarmachen; sich outen „sich zu Kennen geben“

Key facts for ge sig till känna
PropertyValue
Headwordge sig till känna
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[ˈjeː sɛ̝jː tɪlˈɕɛ̝nːa]
Letters17
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “ge sig till känna” sits in German frequency

ge sig till känna 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 sig till känna is 17 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈjeː sɛ̝jː tɪlˈɕɛ̝nːa]. 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 hören lassen, mitteilen, dass man in der Nähe ist seine Anwesenheit bekanntgeben; sich zu erkennen geben; sich zeigen oder bemerkbarmachen; sich outen „sich zu Kennen geben“".

No misspelling variants are generated for ge sig till känna 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 sig till känna, spelled G-E- -S-I-G- -T-I-L-L- -K-Ä-N-N-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    sich hören lassen, mitteilen, dass man in der Nähe ist seine Anwesenheit bekanntgeben; sich zu erkennen geben; sich zeigen oder bemerkbarmachen; sich outen „sich zu Kennen geben“

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ge sig till känna"?
"ge sig till känna" is spelled G-E- -S-I-G- -T-I-L-L- -K-Ä-N-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈjeː sɛ̝jː tɪlˈɕɛ̝nːa].
What does "ge sig till känna" mean?
As a phrase, "ge sig till känna" means: sich hören lassen, mitteilen, dass man in der Nähe ist seine Anwesenheit bekanntgeben; sich zu erkennen geben; sich zeigen oder bemerkbarmachen; sich outen „sich zu Kennen geben“
How do you pronounce "ge sig till känna"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ge sig till känna" is [ˈjeː sɛ̝jː tɪlˈɕɛ̝nːa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ge sig till känna" come from?
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Using “ge sig till känna”

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

  • The one correct German spelling is G-E- -S-I-G- -T-I-L-L- -K-Ä-N-N-A — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈjeː sɛ̝jː tɪlˈɕɛ̝nːa] (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.