jemandem einen Vogel zeigen

/[…]/ phrase

Letters

27 characters

Language

German

word origin

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

jemandem einen Vogel zeigen is aGermanphrase. It means: sich mit dem Zeigefinger an die Stirn tippen, um jemanden nonverbal zu zeigen, dass man ihn für verrückt oder Ähnliches hält Pronounced […].

Key facts for jemandem einen Vogel zeigen
PropertyValue
Headwordjemandem einen Vogel zeigen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[…]
Letters27
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

jemandem einen Vogel zeigen 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 einen Vogel zeigen is 27 letters long, classified as aphrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as […]. 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: "sich mit dem Zeigefinger an die Stirn tippen, um jemanden nonverbal zu zeigen, dass man ihn für verrückt oder Ähnliches hält".

No misspelling variants are generated for jemandem einen Vogel zeigen 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 einen Vogel zeigen, spelled J-E-M-A-N-D-E-M- -E-I-N-E-N- -V-O-G-E-L- -Z-E-I-G-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

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    sich mit dem Zeigefinger an die Stirn tippen, um jemanden nonverbal zu zeigen, dass man ihn für verrückt oder Ähnliches hält

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "jemandem einen Vogel zeigen"?
"jemandem einen Vogel zeigen" is spelled J-E-M-A-N-D-E-M- -E-I-N-E-N- -V-O-G-E-L- -Z-E-I-G-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "jemandem einen Vogel zeigen" mean?
As a phrase, "jemandem einen Vogel zeigen" means: sich mit dem Zeigefinger an die Stirn tippen, um jemanden nonverbal zu zeigen, dass man ihn für verrückt oder Ähnliches hält
How do you pronounce "jemandem einen Vogel zeigen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jemandem einen Vogel zeigen" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jemandem einen Vogel zeigen" come from?
"jemandem einen Vogel zeigen" 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.