leka med elden

[`leːka ˈmɛːd ˈɛ̝ldən]

/[`leːka ˈmɛːd ˈɛ̝ldən]/ phrase

The verdict

“leka med elden” 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
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — mit der Gefahr oder der Liebe spielen; mit dem Feuer spielen; oft für das Verhältnis zwischen den Geschlechtern; leichtsinnig mit Dingen oder Beziehungen umgehen, so dass diese Schaden nehmen könnt...

Key facts for leka med elden
PropertyValue
Headwordleka med elden
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[`leːka ˈmɛːd ˈɛ̝ldən]
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “leka med elden” sits in German frequency

leka med elden 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 leka med elden is 14 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [`leːka ˈmɛːd ˈɛ̝ldən]. 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: "mit der Gefahr oder der Liebe spielen; mit dem Feuer spielen; oft für das Verhältnis zwischen den Geschlechtern; leichtsinnig mit Dingen oder Beziehungen umgehen, so dass diese Schaden nehmen könnt...".

No misspelling variants are generated for leka med elden 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 leka med elden, spelled L-E-K-A- -M-E-D- -E-L-D-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    mit der Gefahr oder der Liebe spielen; mit dem Feuer spielen; oft für das Verhältnis zwischen den Geschlechtern; leichtsinnig mit Dingen oder Beziehungen umgehen, so dass diese Schaden nehmen könnten; leichtsinnig die Gefahr herausfordern

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "leka med elden"?
"leka med elden" is spelled L-E-K-A- -M-E-D- -E-L-D-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [`leːka ˈmɛːd ˈɛ̝ldən].
What does "leka med elden" mean?
As a phrase, "leka med elden" means: mit der Gefahr oder der Liebe spielen; mit dem Feuer spielen; oft für das Verhältnis zwischen den Geschlechtern; leichtsinnig mit Dingen oder Beziehungen umgehen, so dass diese Schaden nehmen könnt...
How do you pronounce "leka med elden"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "leka med elden" is [`leːka ˈmɛːd ˈɛ̝ldən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “leka med elden”

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

  • The one correct German spelling is L-E-K-A- -M-E-D- -E-L-D-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [`leːka ˈmɛːd ˈɛ̝ldən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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