jemandem über den Weg laufen
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The verdict
“jemandem über den Weg laufen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 28
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemandem zufällig, unverhofft begegnen
Corpus desk
Index DE-jemandem-uber-den-weg-la · jemandem über den Weg laufen · German
jemandem über den Weg laufen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 28 letters
- VOW-10 10 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 über den Weg laufen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 28 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „jemandem über den Weg laufen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
jemandem über den Weg laufen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemandem zufällig, unverhofft begegnen".
No misspelling variants are generated for jemandem über den Weg laufen in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is jemandem über den Weg laufen, spelled J-E-M-A-N-D-E-M- -Ü-B-E-R- -D-E-N- -W-E-G- -L-A-U-F-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemandem zufällig, unverhofft begegnen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how jemandem über den Weg laufen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Sie hätten die erste Person angegriffen, die ihnen über den Weg gelaufen sei, sagte ein ehemaliger Polizist am Montag.“
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