Ordnung ist das halbe Leben

[ˈɔʁdnʊŋ ɪst das halbə ˈleːbn̩]

/[ˈɔʁdnʊŋ ɪst das halbə ˈleːbn̩]/ phrase

The verdict

“Ordnung ist das halbe Leben” 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
27
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — Ordnung ist wichtig; organisiert zu sein macht das Leben einfacher

Key facts for Ordnung ist das halbe Leben
PropertyValue
HeadwordOrdnung ist das halbe Leben
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[ˈɔʁdnʊŋ ɪst das halbə ˈleːbn̩]
Letters27
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Ordnung ist das halbe Leben” sits in German frequency

Ordnung ist das halbe Leben 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 Ordnung ist das halbe Leben is 27 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈɔʁdnʊŋ ɪst das halbə ˈleːbn̩]. 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: "Ordnung ist wichtig; organisiert zu sein macht das Leben einfacher".

No misspelling variants are generated for Ordnung ist das halbe Leben 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 Ordnung ist das halbe Leben, spelled O-R-D-N-U-N-G- -I-S-T- -D-A-S- -H-A-L-B-E- -L-E-B-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

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    Ordnung ist wichtig; organisiert zu sein macht das Leben einfacher

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 "Ordnung ist das halbe Leben"?
"Ordnung ist das halbe Leben" is spelled O-R-D-N-U-N-G- -I-S-T- -D-A-S- -H-A-L-B-E- -L-E-B-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɔʁdnʊŋ ɪst das halbə ˈleːbn̩].
What does "Ordnung ist das halbe Leben" mean?
As a phrase, "Ordnung ist das halbe Leben" means: Ordnung ist wichtig; organisiert zu sein macht das Leben einfacher
How do you pronounce "Ordnung ist das halbe Leben"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ordnung ist das halbe Leben" is [ˈɔʁdnʊŋ ɪst das halbə ˈleːbn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Ordnung ist das halbe Leben" come from?
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Using “Ordnung ist das halbe Leben”

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

  • The one correct German spelling is O-R-D-N-U-N-G- -I-S-T- -D-A-S- -H-A-L-B-E- -L-E-B-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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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