jemandem den Hals abdrehen

/[ˈjeːmandm̩ deːn hals ˈapˌdʁeːən]/ phrase

Letters

26 characters

Language

German

word origin

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similar word pairs

jemandem den Hals abdrehen is aGermanphrase. It means: jemanden wirtschaftlich in den Ruin treiben Pronounced [ˈjeːmandm̩ deːn hals ˈapˌdʁeːən].

Key facts for jemandem den Hals abdrehen
PropertyValue
Headwordjemandem den Hals abdrehen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[ˈjeːmandm̩ deːn hals ˈapˌdʁeːən]
Letters26
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

jemandem den Hals abdrehen 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 jemandem den Hals abdrehen is 26 letters long, classified as aphrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈjeːmandm̩ deːn hals ˈapˌdʁeːən]. 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 jemandem den Hals abdrehen 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 jemandem den Hals abdrehen, spelled J-E-M-A-N-D-E-M- -D-E-N- -H-A-L-S- -A-B-D-R-E-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
    jemanden wirtschaftlich in den Ruin treiben
  2. 2
    jemanden umbringen

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "jemandem den Hals abdrehen"?
"jemandem den Hals abdrehen" is spelled J-E-M-A-N-D-E-M- -D-E-N- -H-A-L-S- -A-B-D-R-E-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈjeːmandm̩ deːn hals ˈapˌdʁeːən].
What does "jemandem den Hals abdrehen" mean?
As a phrase, "jemandem den Hals abdrehen" means: jemanden wirtschaftlich in den Ruin treiben
How do you pronounce "jemandem den Hals abdrehen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jemandem den Hals abdrehen" is [ˈjeːmandm̩ deːn hals ˈapˌdʁeːən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jemandem den Hals abdrehen" 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.