ich glaub, mein Schwein pfeift
[ɪç ɡlaʊ̯p maɪ̯n ʃvaɪ̯n p͡faɪ̯ft]
The verdict
“ich glaub, mein Schwein pfeift” 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 September 3, 2026) - Aussage, mit der großes Entsetzen, große Verwunderung oder ungläubiges Staunen über etwas geäußert wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-ich-glaub-mein-schwein-p · ich glaub, mein Schwein pfeift · German
ich glaub, mein Schwein pfeift · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 30 letters
- VOW-9 9 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" 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 | ich glaub, mein Schwein pfeift |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ɪç ɡlaʊ̯p maɪ̯n ʃvaɪ̯n p͡faɪ̯ft] |
| Letters | 30 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ich glaub, mein Schwein pfeift“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ich glaub, mein Schwein pfeift is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ɪç ɡlaʊ̯p maɪ̯n ʃvaɪ̯n p͡faɪ̯ft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Aussage, mit der großes Entsetzen, große Verwunderung oder ungläubiges Staunen über etwas geäußert wird".
No generated misspelling entries exist for ich glaub, mein Schwein pfeift in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is ich glaub, mein Schwein pfeift, spelled I-C-H- -G-L-A-U-B-,- -M-E-I-N- -S-C-H-W-E-I-N- -P-F-E-I-F-T.
Definition
- 1Aussage, mit der großes Entsetzen, große Verwunderung oder ungläubiges Staunen über etwas geäußert wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ich glaub, mein Schwein pfeift appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich glaub, mein Schwein pfeift, du bist immer noch nicht mit deinen Hausaufgaben fertig?
Synonyms
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.