Paroli bieten
[paˈʁoːli ˈbiːtn̩]
The verdict
“Paroli bieten” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - jemandem etwas Gleichwertiges oder Mächtigeres entgegensetzen, wirksam entgegentreten
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Paroli bieten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [paˈʁoːli ˈbiːtn̩] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Paroli bieten” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Paroli bieten is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [paˈʁoːli ˈbiːtn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Paroli bieten has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. 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.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Paroli bieten, spelled P-A-R-O-L-I- -B-I-E-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemandem etwas Gleichwertiges oder Mächtigeres entgegensetzen, wirksam entgegentreten
- 2einer Sache etwas Gleichwertiges oder Mächtigeres entgegensetzen, wirksam entgegentreten
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This word in other languages
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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Using “Paroli bieten”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-A-R-O-L-I- -B-I-E-T-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [paˈʁoːli ˈbiːtn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.