Luftschlösser bauen
[ˈlʊftʃlœsɐ ˌbaʊ̯ən]
The verdict
“Luftschlösser bauen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - realitätsferne Ideen, Pläne, Wünsche haben; realitätsferne Pläne machen; sich utopischen Hoffnungen, Vorstellungen hingeben
Corpus desk
Index DE-luftschlosser-bauen · Luftschlösser bauen · German
Luftschlösser bauen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 19 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" 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 | Luftschlösser bauen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈlʊftʃlœsɐ ˌbaʊ̯ən] |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Luftschlösser bauen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Luftschlösser bauen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˈlʊftʃlœsɐ ˌbaʊ̯ən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "realitätsferne Ideen, Pläne, Wünsche haben; realitätsferne Pläne machen; sich utopischen Hoffnungen, Vorstellungen hingeben".
No misspelling variants are generated for Luftschlösser bauen in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 Luftschlösser bauen, spelled L-U-F-T-S-C-H-L-Ö-S-S-E-R- -B-A-U-E-N.
Definition
- 1realitätsferne Ideen, Pläne, Wünsche haben; realitätsferne Pläne machen; sich utopischen Hoffnungen, Vorstellungen hingeben
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Luftschlösser bauen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Hört auf, Luftschlösser zu bauen, stellt lieber zunächst einmal die Finanzierung des Projektes sicher!
„Ich überließ mich meiner Phantaſie, probirte und bereitete ewig, baute tauſend Luftſchlöſſer, und ſpürte nicht, daß ich den Grund des kleinen Gebäudes zerſtört hatte.“
This word in other languages
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.