in ein Wespennest stechen

/[ɪn aɪ̯n ˈvɛspn̩ˌnɛst ˈʃtɛçn̩]/ phrase

Letters

25 characters

Language

German

word origin

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

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similar word pairs

in ein Wespennest stechen is aGermanphrase. It means: (unerwartet) etwas Heikles anpacken/ansprechen und dadurch für Aufregung sorgen Pronounced [ɪn aɪ̯n ˈvɛspn̩ˌnɛst ˈʃtɛçn̩].

Key facts for in ein Wespennest stechen
PropertyValue
Headwordin ein Wespennest stechen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[ɪn aɪ̯n ˈvɛspn̩ˌnɛst ˈʃtɛçn̩]
Letters25
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

in ein Wespennest stechen is not present in the top-100,000 ranked German corpus, typical for technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary.

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for in ein Wespennest stechen is 25 letters long, classified as aphrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɪn aɪ̯n ˈvɛspn̩ˌnɛst ˈʃtɛçn̩]. 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: "(unerwartet) etwas Heikles anpacken/ansprechen und dadurch für Aufregung sorgen".

No misspelling variants are generated for in ein Wespennest stechen in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns.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 explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is in ein Wespennest stechen, spelled I-N- -E-I-N- -W-E-S-P-E-N-N-E-S-T- -S-T-E-C-H-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    (unerwartet) etwas Heikles anpacken/ansprechen und dadurch für Aufregung sorgen

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "in ein Wespennest stechen"?
"in ein Wespennest stechen" is spelled I-N- -E-I-N- -W-E-S-P-E-N-N-E-S-T- -S-T-E-C-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɪn aɪ̯n ˈvɛspn̩ˌnɛst ˈʃtɛçn̩].
What does "in ein Wespennest stechen" mean?
As a phrase, "in ein Wespennest stechen" means: (unerwartet) etwas Heikles anpacken/ansprechen und dadurch für Aufregung sorgen
How do you pronounce "in ein Wespennest stechen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "in ein Wespennest stechen" is [ɪn aɪ̯n ˈvɛspn̩ˌnɛst ˈʃtɛçn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "in ein Wespennest stechen" come from?
"in ein Wespennest stechen" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.