in den sauren Apfel beißen
[ɪn deːn ˈzaʊ̯ʁən ˈap͡fl̩ ˈbaɪ̯sn̩]
The verdict
“in den sauren Apfel beißen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 26
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine unangenehme, undankbare Aufgabe übernehmen, einen Nachteil hinnehmen
Corpus desk
Index DE-in-den-sauren-apfel-bei- · in den sauren Apfel beißen · German
in den sauren Apfel beißen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 26 letters
- VOW-10 10 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 | in den sauren Apfel beißen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ɪn deːn ˈzaʊ̯ʁən ˈap͡fl̩ ˈbaɪ̯sn̩] |
| Letters | 26 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „in den sauren Apfel beißen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
in den sauren Apfel beißen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ɪn deːn ˈzaʊ̯ʁən ˈap͡fl̩ ˈbaɪ̯sn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine unangenehme, undankbare Aufgabe übernehmen, einen Nachteil hinnehmen".
in den sauren Apfel beißen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is in den sauren Apfel beißen, spelled I-N- -D-E-N- -S-A-U-R-E-N- -A-P-F-E-L- -B-E-I-S-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1eine unangenehme, undankbare Aufgabe übernehmen, einen Nachteil hinnehmen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how in den sauren Apfel beißen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich werde wohl in den sauren Apfel beißen und die Nachtschicht übernehmen.
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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.