nicht jemandes Bier sein
[nɪçt ˌjeːmandəs ˈbiːɐ̯ zaɪ̯n]
The verdict
“nicht jemandes Bier 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
- 24
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine Sache, einen Fall, eine Angelegenheit, ein Thema oder Ähnliches (aus Missfallen) entschieden ablehnen, von sich weisen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nicht jemandes Bier sein |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [nɪçt ˌjeːmandəs ˈbiːɐ̯ zaɪ̯n] |
| Letters | 24 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nicht jemandes Bier sein” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for nicht jemandes Bier sein is 24 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [nɪçt ˌjeːmandəs ˈbiːɐ̯ zaɪ̯n]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for nicht jemandes Bier 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 nicht jemandes Bier sein, spelled N-I-C-H-T- -J-E-M-A-N-D-E-S- -B-I-E-R- -S-E-I-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1eine Sache, einen Fall, eine Angelegenheit, ein Thema oder Ähnliches (aus Missfallen) entschieden ablehnen, von sich weisen
- 2etwas nicht tun
Synonyms
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 practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is N-I-C-H-T- -J-E-M-A-N-D-E-S- -B-I-E-R- -S-E-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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