in die Hose gehen

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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

Key facts for in die Hose gehen
PropertyValue
Headwordin die Hose gehen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[…]
Letters17
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “in die Hose gehen” sits in German frequency

in die Hose gehen 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.

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

  1. 1
    nicht das gewünschte Ergebnis bringen, schlecht ausgehen

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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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "in die Hose gehen"?
"in die Hose gehen" is spelled I-N- -D-I-E- -H-O-S-E- -G-E-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "in die Hose gehen" mean?
As a phrase, "in die Hose gehen" means: nicht das gewünschte Ergebnis bringen, schlecht ausgehen
How do you pronounce "in die Hose gehen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "in die Hose gehen" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "in die Hose gehen" come from?
"in die Hose gehen" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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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.
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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 FrequencyWords open word-frequency list