jemandem Kontra geben

/[ˌjeːmandm̩ ˈkɔntʁa ˌɡeːbn̩]/ phrase

Letters

21 characters

Language

German

word origin

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

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similar word pairs

jemandem Kontra geben is aGermanphrase. It means: jemandem kräftig die Meinung sagen; sich deutlich verbal gegen jemanden verteidigen Pronounced [ˌjeːmandm̩ ˈkɔntʁa ˌɡeːbn̩].

Key facts for jemandem Kontra geben
PropertyValue
Headwordjemandem Kontra geben
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[ˌjeːmandm̩ ˈkɔntʁa ˌɡeːbn̩]
Letters21
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

jemandem Kontra geben 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 Kontra geben is 21 letters long, classified as aphrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌjeːmandm̩ ˈkɔntʁa ˌɡeːbn̩]. 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: "jemandem kräftig die Meinung sagen; sich deutlich verbal gegen jemanden verteidigen".

No misspelling variants are generated for jemandem Kontra geben 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 Kontra geben, spelled J-E-M-A-N-D-E-M- -K-O-N-T-R-A- -G-E-B-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    jemandem kräftig die Meinung sagen; sich deutlich verbal gegen jemanden verteidigen

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "jemandem Kontra geben"?
"jemandem Kontra geben" is spelled J-E-M-A-N-D-E-M- -K-O-N-T-R-A- -G-E-B-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌjeːmandm̩ ˈkɔntʁa ˌɡeːbn̩].
What does "jemandem Kontra geben" mean?
As a phrase, "jemandem Kontra geben" means: jemandem kräftig die Meinung sagen; sich deutlich verbal gegen jemanden verteidigen
How do you pronounce "jemandem Kontra geben"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jemandem Kontra geben" is [ˌjeːmandm̩ ˈkɔntʁa ˌɡeːbn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jemandem Kontra geben" 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.