macht nichts
[ˈmaxt nɪçt͡s]
The verdict
“macht nichts” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kurz für: das macht nichts
Corpus desk
Index DE-macht-nichts · macht nichts · German
macht nichts · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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 | macht nichts |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈmaxt nɪçt͡s] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „macht nichts“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
macht nichts is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˈmaxt nɪçt͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kurz für: das macht nichts".
No generated misspelling entries exist for macht nichts in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is macht nichts, spelled M-A-C-H-T- -N-I-C-H-T-S.
Definition
- 1kurz für: das macht nichts
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how macht nichts appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Auf mancher der Sprecherstimmen hat sich nach einem halben Jahrhundert sicher ein bisschen Staub abgelagert; macht nichts.“
„Manche Amerikaner mögen sagen ‚macht nichts, dann sind wir längst nicht mehr da‘.“
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.