jemanden an die Wand spielen

/[ˈjeːmandn̩ an diː ˈvant ˈʃpiːlən]/ phrase

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28 characters

Language

German

word origin

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jemanden an die Wand spielen is aGermanphrase. It means: drückend überlegen sein; viele Tore schießen, ohne dass der Gegner mithalten kann; jemanden schnell in die Defensive drängen und matt setzen Pronounced [ˈjeːmandn̩ an diː ˈvant ˈʃpiːlən].

Key facts for jemanden an die Wand spielen
PropertyValue
Headwordjemanden an die Wand spielen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[ˈjeːmandn̩ an diː ˈvant ˈʃpiːlən]
Letters28
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

jemanden an die Wand spielen 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 jemanden an die Wand spielen is 28 letters long, classified as aphrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈjeːmandn̩ an diː ˈvant ˈʃpiːlən]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for jemanden an die Wand spielen 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 jemanden an die Wand spielen, spelled J-E-M-A-N-D-E-N- -A-N- -D-I-E- -W-A-N-D- -S-P-I-E-L-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    drückend überlegen sein; viele Tore schießen, ohne dass der Gegner mithalten kann; jemanden schnell in die Defensive drängen und matt setzen
  2. 2
    auf einer Bühne oder auf der Leinwand sehr viel präsenter sein als die Schauspielkollegen/Schauspielkolleginnen

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "jemanden an die Wand spielen"?
"jemanden an die Wand spielen" is spelled J-E-M-A-N-D-E-N- -A-N- -D-I-E- -W-A-N-D- -S-P-I-E-L-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈjeːmandn̩ an diː ˈvant ˈʃpiːlən].
What does "jemanden an die Wand spielen" mean?
As a phrase, "jemanden an die Wand spielen" means: drückend überlegen sein; viele Tore schießen, ohne dass der Gegner mithalten kann; jemanden schnell in die Defensive drängen und matt setzen
How do you pronounce "jemanden an die Wand spielen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jemanden an die Wand spielen" is [ˈjeːmandn̩ an diː ˈvant ˈʃpiːlən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jemanden an die Wand spielen" 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.