klar Schiff machen
[klaːɐ̯ ˈʃɪf ˈmaxn̩]
The verdict
“klar Schiff machen” 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
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - das Schiff säubern/aufräumen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | klar Schiff machen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [klaːɐ̯ ˈʃɪf ˈmaxn̩] |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “klar Schiff machen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for klar Schiff machen is 18 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [klaːɐ̯ ˈʃɪf ˈmaxn̩]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for klar Schiff machen 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 klar Schiff machen, spelled K-L-A-R- -S-C-H-I-F-F- -M-A-C-H-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1das Schiff säubern/aufräumen
- 2etwas in Ordnung bringen, säubern/aufräumen
- 3eine Angelegenheit klären
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-L-A-R- -S-C-H-I-F-F- -M-A-C-H-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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