nie samym chlebem człowiek żyje

[ɲɛ ˈsamɨm ˈxlɛbɛm ˈt͡ʃwɔvʲɛɡ ˈʒɨjɛ]

/[ɲɛ ˈsamɨm ˈxlɛbɛm ˈt͡ʃwɔvʲɛɡ ˈʒɨjɛ]/ phrase

The verdict

“nie samym chlebem człowiek żyje” 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
31
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - der Mensch benötigt nicht nur Nahrung/materielle Güter, sondern auch geistige Werte; der Mensch lebt nicht von Brot allein

Key facts for nie samym chlebem człowiek żyje
PropertyValue
Headwordnie samym chlebem człowiek żyje
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[ɲɛ ˈsamɨm ˈxlɛbɛm ˈt͡ʃwɔvʲɛɡ ˈʒɨjɛ]
Letters31
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “nie samym chlebem człowiek żyje” sits in German frequency

nie samym chlebem człowiek żyje falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for nie samym chlebem człowiek żyje is 31 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɲɛ ˈsamɨm ˈxlɛbɛm ˈt͡ʃwɔvʲɛɡ ˈʒɨjɛ]. 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: "der Mensch benötigt nicht nur Nahrung/materielle Güter, sondern auch geistige Werte; der Mensch lebt nicht von Brot allein".

No misspelling variants are generated for nie samym chlebem człowiek żyje 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 nie samym chlebem człowiek żyje, spelled N-I-E- -S-A-M-Y-M- -C-H-L-E-B-E-M- -C-Z-Ł-O-W-I-E-K- -Ż-Y-J-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    der Mensch benötigt nicht nur Nahrung/materielle Güter, sondern auch geistige Werte; der Mensch lebt nicht von Brot allein

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "nie samym chlebem człowiek żyje"?
"nie samym chlebem człowiek żyje" is spelled N-I-E- -S-A-M-Y-M- -C-H-L-E-B-E-M- -C-Z-Ł-O-W-I-E-K- -Ż-Y-J-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɲɛ ˈsamɨm ˈxlɛbɛm ˈt͡ʃwɔvʲɛɡ ˈʒɨjɛ].
What does "nie samym chlebem człowiek żyje" mean?
As a phrase, "nie samym chlebem człowiek żyje" means: der Mensch benötigt nicht nur Nahrung/materielle Güter, sondern auch geistige Werte; der Mensch lebt nicht von Brot allein
How do you pronounce "nie samym chlebem człowiek żyje"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nie samym chlebem człowiek żyje" is [ɲɛ ˈsamɨm ˈxlɛbɛm ˈt͡ʃwɔvʲɛɡ ˈʒɨjɛ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nie samym chlebem człowiek żyje" come from?
"nie samym chlebem człowiek żyje" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “nie samym chlebem człowiek żyje”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is N-I-E- -S-A-M-Y-M- -C-H-L-E-B-E-M- -C-Z-Ł-O-W-I-E-K- -Ż-Y-J-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ɲɛ ˈsamɨm ˈxlɛbɛm ˈt͡ʃwɔvʲɛɡ ˈʒɨjɛ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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