inte lägga fingrarna emellan

[`ɪntə `lɛ̝ɡːa `fɪŋraɳa e̞`mɛ̝lːan]

/[`ɪntə `lɛ̝ɡːa `fɪŋraɳa e̞`mɛ̝lːan]/ phrase

The verdict

“inte lägga fingrarna emellan” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
28
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — nicht gerade vorsichtig vorgehen; keine Umstände machen; nicht viel Federlesens machen, kurzen Prozess machen, ohne Nachsicht vorgehen; nicht glimpflich verfahren; nicht schonen, mit Strenge bestra...

Key facts for inte lägga fingrarna emellan
PropertyValue
Headwordinte lägga fingrarna emellan
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[`ɪntə `lɛ̝ɡːa `fɪŋraɳa e̞`mɛ̝lːan]
Letters28
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “inte lägga fingrarna emellan” sits in German frequency

inte lägga fingrarna emellan falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for inte lägga fingrarna emellan is 28 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [`ɪntə `lɛ̝ɡːa `fɪŋraɳa e̞`mɛ̝lːan]. 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: "nicht gerade vorsichtig vorgehen; keine Umstände machen; nicht viel Federlesens machen, kurzen Prozess machen, ohne Nachsicht vorgehen; nicht glimpflich verfahren; nicht schonen, mit Strenge bestra...".

No misspelling variants are generated for inte lägga fingrarna emellan 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 inte lägga fingrarna emellan, spelled I-N-T-E- -L-Ä-G-G-A- -F-I-N-G-R-A-R-N-A- -E-M-E-L-L-A-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    nicht gerade vorsichtig vorgehen; keine Umstände machen; nicht viel Federlesens machen, kurzen Prozess machen, ohne Nachsicht vorgehen; nicht glimpflich verfahren; nicht schonen, mit Strenge bestrafen; „nicht die Finger dazwischen legen“

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "inte lägga fingrarna emellan"?
"inte lägga fingrarna emellan" is spelled I-N-T-E- -L-Ä-G-G-A- -F-I-N-G-R-A-R-N-A- -E-M-E-L-L-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is [`ɪntə `lɛ̝ɡːa `fɪŋraɳa e̞`mɛ̝lːan].
What does "inte lägga fingrarna emellan" mean?
As a phrase, "inte lägga fingrarna emellan" means: nicht gerade vorsichtig vorgehen; keine Umstände machen; nicht viel Federlesens machen, kurzen Prozess machen, ohne Nachsicht vorgehen; nicht glimpflich verfahren; nicht schonen, mit Strenge bestra...
How do you pronounce "inte lägga fingrarna emellan"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "inte lägga fingrarna emellan" is [`ɪntə `lɛ̝ɡːa `fɪŋraɳa e̞`mɛ̝lːan]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “inte lägga fingrarna emellan”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is I-N-T-E- -L-Ä-G-G-A- -F-I-N-G-R-A-R-N-A- -E-M-E-L-L-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [`ɪntə `lɛ̝ɡːa `fɪŋraɳa e̞`mɛ̝lːan] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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