jemanden hinters Licht führen
[jeːmandn̩ hɪntɐs ˈlɪçt fyːɐ̯n]
The verdict
“jemanden hinters Licht führen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 29
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemanden täuschen, hereinlegen, betrügen
Corpus desk
Index DE-jemanden-hinters-licht-f · jemanden hinters Licht führen · German
jemanden hinters Licht führen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 29 letters
- VOW-8 8 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 hinters Licht führen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [jeːmandn̩ hɪntɐs ˈlɪçt fyːɐ̯n] |
| Letters | 29 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „jemanden hinters Licht führen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
jemanden hinters Licht führen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [jeːmandn̩ hɪntɐs ˈlɪçt fyːɐ̯n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemanden täuschen, hereinlegen, betrügen".
No misspelling variants are generated for jemanden hinters Licht führen in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 jemanden hinters Licht führen, spelled J-E-M-A-N-D-E-N- -H-I-N-T-E-R-S- -L-I-C-H-T- -F-Ü-H-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemanden täuschen, hereinlegen, betrügen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how jemanden hinters Licht führen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Man hat mich beim Kauf meines neuen Teppichs gehörig hinters Licht geführt.
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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.