in Schach halten
[ɪn ˈʃax ˌhaltn̩]
The verdict
“in Schach halten” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemanden oder etwas durch Androhen (von Waffengewalt), Druck oder energisches Verhalten zurückhalten, nicht gefährlich werden lassen
Corpus desk
Index DE-in-schach-halten · in Schach halten · German
in Schach halten · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 Schach halten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ɪn ˈʃax ˌhaltn̩] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „in Schach halten“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
in Schach halten is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ɪn ˈʃax ˌhaltn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemanden oder etwas durch Androhen (von Waffengewalt), Druck oder energisches Verhalten zurückhalten, nicht gefährlich werden lassen".
Zero misspellings are on record for in Schach halten in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is in Schach halten, spelled I-N- -S-C-H-A-C-H- -H-A-L-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemanden oder etwas durch Androhen (von Waffengewalt), Druck oder energisches Verhalten zurückhalten, nicht gefährlich werden lassen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how in Schach halten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Einbrecher hielten den Hauseigentümer mit einer Waffe in Schach.
Arfsts spöttisches Gemüt ist kaum in Schach zu halten.
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.