in Kauf nehmen

/[ɪn ˈkaʊ̯f ˌneːmən]/ phrase

Letters

14 characters

Language

German

word origin

Misspellings

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tracked variants

Confusables

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similar word pairs

in Kauf nehmen is aGermanphrase. It means: etwas Unangenehmes hinnehmen und ertragen, im Hinblick auf einen vermutlich daraus entstehenden Vorteil Pronounced [ɪn ˈkaʊ̯f ˌneːmən].

Key facts for in Kauf nehmen
PropertyValue
Headwordin Kauf nehmen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[ɪn ˈkaʊ̯f ˌneːmən]
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

in Kauf nehmen 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 Kauf nehmen is 14 letters long, classified as aphrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɪn ˈkaʊ̯f ˌneːmən]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for in Kauf nehmen 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 Kauf nehmen, spelled I-N- -K-A-U-F- -N-E-H-M-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas Unangenehmes hinnehmen und ertragen, im Hinblick auf einen vermutlich daraus entstehenden Vorteil
  2. 2
    sich mit der Anwesenheit einer Person abfinden

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "in Kauf nehmen"?
"in Kauf nehmen" is spelled I-N- -K-A-U-F- -N-E-H-M-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɪn ˈkaʊ̯f ˌneːmən].
What does "in Kauf nehmen" mean?
As a phrase, "in Kauf nehmen" means: etwas Unangenehmes hinnehmen und ertragen, im Hinblick auf einen vermutlich daraus entstehenden Vorteil
How do you pronounce "in Kauf nehmen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "in Kauf nehmen" is [ɪn ˈkaʊ̯f ˌneːmən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "in Kauf nehmen" come from?
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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.