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 September 3, 2026) - jemandem etwas Gleichwertiges oder Mächtigeres entgegensetzen, wirksam entgegentreten
Corpus desk
Index DE-paroli-bieten · Paroli bieten · German
Paroli bieten · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| 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) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Paroli bieten“ im Deutschen
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
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Paroli bieten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Microsoft will damit vor allem eine gigantische Reichweite der Yahoo!-Dienste im Internet einkaufen, die dazu beitragen soll, dem bisherigen Online-Marktführer Google besser Paroli bieten zu können.
Vor allem bei den Jungen kommt der pausbäckige 34-Jährige, der im Fernsehen frech und schlagfertig den Berufspolitikern Paroli bietet, gut an.
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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.