ins Wasser fallen
[ɪns ˈvasɐ ˌfalən]
The verdict
“ins Wasser fallen” 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) - (als Geplantes) nicht ausgeführt, getan, unternommen werden können; (etwas Angestrebtes) nicht erreichen, nicht zustande bringen
Corpus desk
Index DE-ins-wasser-fallen · ins Wasser fallen · German
ins Wasser fallen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | ins Wasser fallen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ɪns ˈvasɐ ˌfalən] |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ins Wasser fallen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ins Wasser fallen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ɪns ˈvasɐ ˌfalən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(als Geplantes) nicht ausgeführt, getan, unternommen werden können; (etwas Angestrebtes) nicht erreichen, nicht zustande bringen".
ins Wasser fallen has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 ins Wasser fallen, spelled I-N-S- -W-A-S-S-E-R- -F-A-L-L-E-N.
Definition
- 1(als Geplantes) nicht ausgeführt, getan, unternommen werden können; (etwas Angestrebtes) nicht erreichen, nicht zustande bringen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ins Wasser fallen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Doch auch dann fiel sein Plan ins Wasser.“
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.