kein Wässerchen trüben können
[kaɪ̯n ˈvɛsɐçən ˈtʁyːbm̩ ˈkœnən]
The verdict
“kein Wässerchen trüben können” 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
- 29
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — (scheinbar) nicht fähig sein auch nur das geringste Vergehen zu begehen; harmlos sein
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kein Wässerchen trüben können |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [kaɪ̯n ˈvɛsɐçən ˈtʁyːbm̩ ˈkœnən] |
| Letters | 29 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “kein Wässerchen trüben können” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for kein Wässerchen trüben können is 29 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kaɪ̯n ˈvɛsɐçən ˈtʁyːbm̩ ˈkœnən]. 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: "(scheinbar) nicht fähig sein auch nur das geringste Vergehen zu begehen; harmlos sein".
No misspelling variants are generated for kein Wässerchen trüben können 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 kein Wässerchen trüben können, spelled K-E-I-N- -W-Ä-S-S-E-R-C-H-E-N- -T-R-Ü-B-E-N- -K-Ö-N-N-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1(scheinbar) nicht fähig sein auch nur das geringste Vergehen zu begehen; harmlos sein
Synonyms
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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- The one correct German spelling is K-E-I-N- -W-Ä-S-S-E-R-C-H-E-N- -T-R-Ü-B-E-N- -K-Ö-N-N-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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