nicht zu Schmidtchen gehen, sondern zu Schmidt
[nɪçt t͡su ˈʃmɪtçən ˈɡeːən ˈzɔndɐn t͡su ˈʃmɪt]
The verdict
“nicht zu Schmidtchen gehen, sondern zu Schmidt” 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
- 46
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - sich mit einem Anliegen nicht an untergeordnete Stellen wenden, sondern gleich dorthin gehen, wo unter Umständen gleich eine Entscheidung getroffen werden kann
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nicht zu Schmidtchen gehen, sondern zu Schmidt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [nɪçt t͡su ˈʃmɪtçən ˈɡeːən ˈzɔndɐn t͡su ˈʃmɪt] |
| Letters | 46 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nicht zu Schmidtchen gehen, sondern zu Schmidt” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for nicht zu Schmidtchen gehen, sondern zu Schmidt is 46 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [nɪçt t͡su ˈʃmɪtçən ˈɡeːən ˈzɔndɐn t͡su ˈʃmɪt]. 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: "sich mit einem Anliegen nicht an untergeordnete Stellen wenden, sondern gleich dorthin gehen, wo unter Umständen gleich eine Entscheidung getroffen werden kann".
No misspelling variants are generated for nicht zu Schmidtchen gehen, sondern zu Schmidt 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 zu Schmidtchen gehen, sondern zu Schmidt, spelled N-I-C-H-T- -Z-U- -S-C-H-M-I-D-T-C-H-E-N- -G-E-H-E-N-,- -S-O-N-D-E-R-N- -Z-U- -S-C-H-M-I-D-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1sich mit einem Anliegen nicht an untergeordnete Stellen wenden, sondern gleich dorthin gehen, wo unter Umständen gleich eine Entscheidung getroffen werden kann
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- The one correct German spelling is N-I-C-H-T- -Z-U- -S-C-H-M-I-D-T-C-H-E-N- -G-E-H-E-N-,- -S-O-N-D-E-R-N- -Z-U- -S-C-H-M-I-D-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [nɪçt t͡su ˈʃmɪtçən ˈɡeːən ˈzɔndɐn t͡su ˈʃmɪt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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