kasta ut barnet med badvattnet

/[`kasta ˈʉːt ˈbɑːɳət ˈmɛːd `bɑːdˌvatːnət]/ phrase

The verdict

“kasta ut barnet med badvattnet” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
30
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: das Gute zusammen mit dem Schlechten verwerfen; das Kind mit dem Bade ausschütten; einen deutlichen Mangel an Unterscheidungsvermögen zeigen, indem man etwas Gutes zusammen mit dem Schlechten verwi...

Key facts for kasta ut barnet med badvattnet
PropertyValue
Headwordkasta ut barnet med badvattnet
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[`kasta ˈʉːt ˈbɑːɳət ˈmɛːd `bɑːdˌvatːnət]
Letters30
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “kasta ut barnet med badvattnet” sits in German frequency

kasta ut barnet med badvattnet falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for kasta ut barnet med badvattnet is 30 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [`kasta ˈʉːt ˈbɑːɳət ˈmɛːd `bɑːdˌvatːnət]. 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: "das Gute zusammen mit dem Schlechten verwerfen; das Kind mit dem Bade ausschütten; einen deutlichen Mangel an Unterscheidungsvermögen zeigen, indem man etwas Gutes zusammen mit dem Schlechten verwi...".

No misspelling variants are generated for kasta ut barnet med badvattnet 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 kasta ut barnet med badvattnet, spelled K-A-S-T-A- -U-T- -B-A-R-N-E-T- -M-E-D- -B-A-D-V-A-T-T-N-E-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    das Gute zusammen mit dem Schlechten verwerfen; das Kind mit dem Bade ausschütten; einen deutlichen Mangel an Unterscheidungsvermögen zeigen, indem man etwas Gutes zusammen mit dem Schlechten verwirft; über das Ziel hinausschießen, übereifrig und gedankenlos handeln; „das Kind mit dem Badewasser herauswerfen“

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "kasta ut barnet med badvattnet"?
"kasta ut barnet med badvattnet" is spelled K-A-S-T-A- -U-T- -B-A-R-N-E-T- -M-E-D- -B-A-D-V-A-T-T-N-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is [`kasta ˈʉːt ˈbɑːɳət ˈmɛːd `bɑːdˌvatːnət].
What does "kasta ut barnet med badvattnet" mean?
As a phrase, "kasta ut barnet med badvattnet" means: das Gute zusammen mit dem Schlechten verwerfen; das Kind mit dem Bade ausschütten; einen deutlichen Mangel an Unterscheidungsvermögen zeigen, indem man etwas Gutes zusammen mit dem Schlechten verwi...
How do you pronounce "kasta ut barnet med badvattnet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "kasta ut barnet med badvattnet" is [`kasta ˈʉːt ˈbɑːɳət ˈmɛːd `bɑːdˌvatːnət]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “kasta ut barnet med badvattnet”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is K-A-S-T-A- -U-T- -B-A-R-N-E-T- -M-E-D- -B-A-D-V-A-T-T-N-E-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [`kasta ˈʉːt ˈbɑːɳət ˈmɛːd `bɑːdˌvatːnət] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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