lepší vrabec v hrsti nežli holub na střeše
[ˈlɛpʃiː ˈvrabɛt͡s ˈfɦr̩stɪ nɛʃ ˈɦɔlʊp na ˈstr̝̊ɛʃɛ]
The verdict
“lepší vrabec v hrsti nežli holub na střeše” 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) - Es ist besser, sich mit dem zu begnügen, was man hat, als nach etwas möglicherweise Unerreichbarem zu streben.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lepší vrabec v hrsti nežli holub na střeše |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈlɛpʃiː ˈvrabɛt͡s ˈfɦr̩stɪ nɛʃ ˈɦɔlʊp na ˈstr̝̊ɛʃɛ] |
| Letters | 42 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lepší vrabec v hrsti nežli holub na střeše” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for lepší vrabec v hrsti nežli holub na střeše is 42 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈlɛpʃiː ˈvrabɛt͡s ˈfɦr̩stɪ nɛʃ ˈɦɔlʊp na ˈstr̝̊ɛʃɛ]. 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: "Es ist besser, sich mit dem zu begnügen, was man hat, als nach etwas möglicherweise Unerreichbarem zu streben.".
No misspelling variants are generated for lepší vrabec v hrsti nežli holub na střeše 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 lepší vrabec v hrsti nežli holub na střeše, spelled L-E-P-Š-Í- -V-R-A-B-E-C- -V- -H-R-S-T-I- -N-E-Ž-L-I- -H-O-L-U-B- -N-A- -S-T-Ř-E-Š-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Es ist besser, sich mit dem zu begnügen, was man hat, als nach etwas möglicherweise Unerreichbarem zu streben.
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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 L-E-P-Š-Í- -V-R-A-B-E-C- -V- -H-R-S-T-I- -N-E-Ž-L-I- -H-O-L-U-B- -N-A- -S-T-Ř-E-Š-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈlɛpʃiː ˈvrabɛt͡s ˈfɦr̩stɪ nɛʃ ˈɦɔlʊp na ˈstr̝̊ɛʃɛ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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