jemandem ein Dorn im Auge sein

/[ˌjeːmandm̩ aɪ̯n ˈdɔʁn ɪm ˌaʊ̯ɡə zaɪ̯n]/ phrase

Letters

30 characters

Language

German

word origin

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

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similar word pairs

jemandem ein Dorn im Auge sein is aGermanphrase. It means: für jemanden sehr ärgerlich/unerträglich sein Pronounced [ˌjeːmandm̩ aɪ̯n ˈdɔʁn ɪm ˌaʊ̯ɡə zaɪ̯n].

Key facts for jemandem ein Dorn im Auge sein
PropertyValue
Headwordjemandem ein Dorn im Auge sein
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[ˌjeːmandm̩ aɪ̯n ˈdɔʁn ɪm ˌaʊ̯ɡə zaɪ̯n]
Letters30
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

jemandem ein Dorn im Auge sein 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 ein Dorn im Auge sein is 30 letters long, classified as aphrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌjeːmandm̩ aɪ̯n ˈdɔʁn ɪm ˌaʊ̯ɡə zaɪ̯n]. 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: "für jemanden sehr ärgerlich/unerträglich sein".

No misspelling variants are generated for jemandem ein Dorn im Auge sein 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 ein Dorn im Auge sein, spelled J-E-M-A-N-D-E-M- -E-I-N- -D-O-R-N- -I-M- -A-U-G-E- -S-E-I-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    für jemanden sehr ärgerlich/unerträglich sein

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "jemandem ein Dorn im Auge sein"?
"jemandem ein Dorn im Auge sein" is spelled J-E-M-A-N-D-E-M- -E-I-N- -D-O-R-N- -I-M- -A-U-G-E- -S-E-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌjeːmandm̩ aɪ̯n ˈdɔʁn ɪm ˌaʊ̯ɡə zaɪ̯n].
What does "jemandem ein Dorn im Auge sein" mean?
As a phrase, "jemandem ein Dorn im Auge sein" means: für jemanden sehr ärgerlich/unerträglich sein
How do you pronounce "jemandem ein Dorn im Auge sein"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jemandem ein Dorn im Auge sein" is [ˌjeːmandm̩ aɪ̯n ˈdɔʁn ɪm ˌaʊ̯ɡə zaɪ̯n]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jemandem ein Dorn im Auge sein" come from?
"jemandem ein Dorn im Auge sein" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.