neben der Kappe sein
[ˌneːbn̩ deːɐ̯ ˈkapə zaɪ̯n]
The verdict
“neben der Kappe sein” 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
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — unkonzentriert (völlig erschöpft, auch verwirrt) sein; nicht ganz man selbst sein
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | neben der Kappe sein |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˌneːbn̩ deːɐ̯ ˈkapə zaɪ̯n] |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “neben der Kappe sein” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for neben der Kappe sein is 20 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌneːbn̩ deːɐ̯ ˈkapə zaɪ̯n]. 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: "unkonzentriert (völlig erschöpft, auch verwirrt) sein; nicht ganz man selbst sein".
No misspelling variants are generated for neben der Kappe sein 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 neben der Kappe sein, spelled N-E-B-E-N- -D-E-R- -K-A-P-P-E- -S-E-I-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1unkonzentriert (völlig erschöpft, auch verwirrt) sein; nicht ganz man selbst sein
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- The one correct German spelling is N-E-B-E-N- -D-E-R- -K-A-P-P-E- -S-E-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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