jemanden auf den Arm nehmen
[ˈjeːmandn̩ aʊ̯f deːn ˈaʁm ˈneːmən]
The verdict
“jemanden auf den Arm nehmen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 27
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemanden anlügen und/oder täuschen
Corpus desk
Index DE-jemanden-auf-den-arm-neh · jemanden auf den Arm nehmen · German
jemanden auf den Arm nehmen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 27 letters
- VOW-9 9 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 | jemanden auf den Arm nehmen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈjeːmandn̩ aʊ̯f deːn ˈaʁm ˈneːmən] |
| Letters | 27 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „jemanden auf den Arm nehmen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
jemanden auf den Arm nehmen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˈjeːmandn̩ aʊ̯f deːn ˈaʁm ˈneːmən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemanden anlügen und/oder täuschen".
No misspelling variants are generated for jemanden auf den Arm nehmen in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is jemanden auf den Arm nehmen, spelled J-E-M-A-N-D-E-N- -A-U-F- -D-E-N- -A-R-M- -N-E-H-M-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemanden anlügen und/oder täuschen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how jemanden auf den Arm nehmen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Du willst mich wohl auf den Arm nehmen?
Dieser Witzbold hat schon sehr viele auf den Arm genommen.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.