gesund wie ein Fisch im Wasser

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The verdict

“gesund wie ein Fisch im Wasser” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
30
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - bei bester Gesundheit

Key facts for gesund wie ein Fisch im Wasser
PropertyValue
Headwordgesund wie ein Fisch im Wasser
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[…]
Letters30
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “gesund wie ein Fisch im Wasser” sits in German frequency

gesund wie ein Fisch im Wasser 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.

Rare enough to double-check

gesund wie ein Fisch im Wasser is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "bei bester Gesundheit".

gesund wie ein Fisch im Wasser has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is gesund wie ein Fisch im Wasser, spelled G-E-S-U-N-D- -W-I-E- -E-I-N- -F-I-S-C-H- -I-M- -W-A-S-S-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    bei bester Gesundheit

Synonyms

kerngesund

Antonyms

krank

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gesund wie ein Fisch im Wasser"?
"gesund wie ein Fisch im Wasser" is spelled G-E-S-U-N-D- -W-I-E- -E-I-N- -F-I-S-C-H- -I-M- -W-A-S-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "gesund wie ein Fisch im Wasser" mean?
As a phrase, "gesund wie ein Fisch im Wasser" means: bei bester Gesundheit
How do you pronounce "gesund wie ein Fisch im Wasser"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gesund wie ein Fisch im Wasser" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gesund wie ein Fisch im Wasser" come from?
"gesund wie ein Fisch im Wasser" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “gesund wie ein Fisch im Wasser”

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

  • The one correct German spelling is G-E-S-U-N-D- -W-I-E- -E-I-N- -F-I-S-C-H- -I-M- -W-A-S-S-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list