kein Auge zutun
[ˈkaɪ̯n ˈaʊ̯ɡə ˈt͡suːˌtuːn]
The verdict
“kein Auge zutun” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nicht schlafen, nicht einschlafen können
Corpus desk
Index DE-kein-auge-zutun · kein Auge zutun · German
kein Auge zutun · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" 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 | kein Auge zutun |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈkaɪ̯n ˈaʊ̯ɡə ˈt͡suːˌtuːn] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „kein Auge zutun“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
kein Auge zutun is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˈkaɪ̯n ˈaʊ̯ɡə ˈt͡suːˌtuːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nicht schlafen, nicht einschlafen können".
No misspelling variants are generated for kein Auge zutun in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 kein Auge zutun, spelled K-E-I-N- -A-U-G-E- -Z-U-T-U-N.
Definition
- 1nicht schlafen, nicht einschlafen können
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how kein Auge zutun appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Baby hielt die junge Mutter die ganze Nacht auf Trab, sie konnte kein Auge zutun.
Antonyms
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.