když kocour není doma, myši mají posvícení

[ˈˈɡdɪʃ ˈkɔt͡sɔʊ̯r ˈnɛɲɪː ˈdɔma, ˈmɪʃɪ ˈmajɪː ˈpɔsvɪːt͡sɛɲɪː]

/[ˈˈɡdɪʃ ˈkɔt͡sɔʊ̯r ˈnɛɲɪː ˈdɔma, ˈmɪʃɪ ˈmajɪː ˈpɔsvɪːt͡sɛɲɪː]/ phrase

The verdict

“když kocour není doma, myši mají posvícení” 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
42
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — bei fehlender Aufsicht nutzen manche die Situation aus, indem sie sich unbekümmert Dinge erlauben, die sonst nicht geduldet würden, indem sie sich Freiheiten herausnehmen, die ihnen sonst nicht zus...

Key facts for když kocour není doma, myši mají posvícení
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Headwordkdyž kocour není doma, myši mají posvícení
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[ˈˈɡdɪʃ ˈkɔt͡sɔʊ̯r ˈnɛɲɪː ˈdɔma, ˈmɪʃɪ ˈmajɪː ˈpɔsvɪːt͡sɛɲɪː]
Letters42
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “když kocour není doma, myši mají posvícení” sits in German frequency

když kocour není doma, myši mají posvícení 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 když kocour není doma, myši mají posvícení is 42 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈˈɡdɪʃ ˈkɔt͡sɔʊ̯r ˈnɛɲɪː ˈdɔma, ˈmɪʃɪ ˈmajɪː ˈpɔsvɪːt͡sɛɲɪː]. 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: "bei fehlender Aufsicht nutzen manche die Situation aus, indem sie sich unbekümmert Dinge erlauben, die sonst nicht geduldet würden, indem sie sich Freiheiten herausnehmen, die ihnen sonst nicht zus...".

No misspelling variants are generated for když kocour není doma, myši mají posvícení 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 když kocour není doma, myši mají posvícení, spelled K-D-Y-Ž- -K-O-C-O-U-R- -N-E-N-Í- -D-O-M-A-,- -M-Y-Š-I- -M-A-J-Í- -P-O-S-V-Í-C-E-N-Í, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    bei fehlender Aufsicht nutzen manche die Situation aus, indem sie sich unbekümmert Dinge erlauben, die sonst nicht geduldet würden, indem sie sich Freiheiten herausnehmen, die ihnen sonst nicht zustehen (wortwörtlich: „wenn der Kater nicht im Haus ist, haben die Mäuse Kirmes“)

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "když kocour není doma, myši mají posvícení"?
"když kocour není doma, myši mají posvícení" is spelled K-D-Y-Ž- -K-O-C-O-U-R- -N-E-N-Í- -D-O-M-A-,- -M-Y-Š-I- -M-A-J-Í- -P-O-S-V-Í-C-E-N-Í. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈˈɡdɪʃ ˈkɔt͡sɔʊ̯r ˈnɛɲɪː ˈdɔma, ˈmɪʃɪ ˈmajɪː ˈpɔsvɪːt͡sɛɲɪː].
What does "když kocour není doma, myši mají posvícení" mean?
As a phrase, "když kocour není doma, myši mají posvícení" means: bei fehlender Aufsicht nutzen manche die Situation aus, indem sie sich unbekümmert Dinge erlauben, die sonst nicht geduldet würden, indem sie sich Freiheiten herausnehmen, die ihnen sonst nicht zus...
How do you pronounce "když kocour není doma, myši mají posvícení"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "když kocour není doma, myši mají posvícení" is [ˈˈɡdɪʃ ˈkɔt͡sɔʊ̯r ˈnɛɲɪː ˈdɔma, ˈmɪʃɪ ˈmajɪː ˈpɔsvɪːt͡sɛɲɪː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "když kocour není doma, myši mají posvícení" come from?
"když kocour není doma, myši mají posvícení" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “když kocour není doma, myši mají posvícení”

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

  • The one correct German spelling is K-D-Y-Ž- -K-O-C-O-U-R- -N-E-N-Í- -D-O-M-A-,- -M-Y-Š-I- -M-A-J-Í- -P-O-S-V-Í-C-E-N-Í - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈˈɡdɪʃ ˈkɔt͡sɔʊ̯r ˈnɛɲɪː ˈdɔma, ˈmɪʃɪ ˈmajɪː ˈpɔsvɪːt͡sɛɲɪː] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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