Hahn im Korb sein

/[ˈhaːn ɪm ˈkɔʁp zaɪ̯n]/ phrase

Letters

17 characters

Language

German

word origin

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Hahn im Korb sein is aGermanphrase. It means: ein Mann allein unter vielen Frauen sein Pronounced [ˈhaːn ɪm ˈkɔʁp zaɪ̯n].

Key facts for Hahn im Korb sein
PropertyValue
HeadwordHahn im Korb sein
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[ˈhaːn ɪm ˈkɔʁp zaɪ̯n]
Letters17
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Hahn im Korb sein is not present in the top-100,000 ranked German corpus, typical for technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary.

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Hahn im Korb sein is 17 letters long, classified as aphrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈhaːn ɪm ˈkɔʁp zaɪ̯n]. 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: "ein Mann allein unter vielen Frauen sein".

No misspelling variants are generated for Hahn im Korb sein 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 Hahn im Korb sein, spelled H-A-H-N- -I-M- -K-O-R-B- -S-E-I-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein Mann allein unter vielen Frauen sein

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Hahn im Korb sein"?
"Hahn im Korb sein" is spelled H-A-H-N- -I-M- -K-O-R-B- -S-E-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhaːn ɪm ˈkɔʁp zaɪ̯n].
What does "Hahn im Korb sein" mean?
As a phrase, "Hahn im Korb sein" means: ein Mann allein unter vielen Frauen sein
How do you pronounce "Hahn im Korb sein"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Hahn im Korb sein" is [ˈhaːn ɪm ˈkɔʁp zaɪ̯n]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Hahn im Korb sein" come from?
"Hahn im Korb sein" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.