in die Hose gehen
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The verdict
“in die Hose gehen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nicht das gewünschte Ergebnis bringen, schlecht ausgehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-in-die-hose-gehen · in die Hose gehen · German
in die Hose gehen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 die Hose gehen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „in die Hose gehen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
in die Hose gehen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how in die Hose gehen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Generalprobe war voll in die Hose gegangen.
Unsere Mannschaft ist heute so motiviert, dass das Spiel gar nicht in die Hose gehen kann.
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.