jemandem die Füße küssen
[ˈjeːmandm̩ diː ˈfyːsə ˈkʏsn̩]
The verdict
“jemandem die Füße küssen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 24
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich jemandem unterwürfig zeigen
Corpus desk
Index DE-jemandem-die-fu-e-kussen · jemandem die Füße küssen · German
jemandem die Füße küssen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 24 letters
- VOW-9 9 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "J" 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 | jemandem die Füße küssen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈjeːmandm̩ diː ˈfyːsə ˈkʏsn̩] |
| Letters | 24 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „jemandem die Füße küssen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
jemandem die Füße küssen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˈjeːmandm̩ diː ˈfyːsə ˈkʏsn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sich jemandem unterwürfig zeigen".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for jemandem die Füße küssen, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is jemandem die Füße küssen, spelled J-E-M-A-N-D-E-M- -D-I-E- -F-Ü-S-S-E- -K-Ü-S-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1sich jemandem unterwürfig zeigen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how jemandem die Füße küssen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Leuten in den niedrigsten Rängen müssen den Obrigen die Füße küssen.
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.