in die Hose gehen
[…]
The verdict
“in die Hose gehen” 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
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - nicht das gewünschte Ergebnis bringen, schlecht ausgehen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | in die Hose gehen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “in die Hose gehen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for in die Hose gehen is 17 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as […]. 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: "nicht das gewünschte Ergebnis bringen, schlecht ausgehen".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for in die Hose gehen, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. 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 borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is in die Hose gehen, spelled I-N- -D-I-E- -H-O-S-E- -G-E-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1nicht das gewünschte Ergebnis bringen, schlecht ausgehen
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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 "in die Hose gehen"?
What does "in die Hose gehen" mean?
How do you pronounce "in die Hose gehen"?
What language does "in die Hose gehen" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Using “in die Hose gehen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is I-N- -D-I-E- -H-O-S-E- -G-E-H-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as […] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.