partir, c’est mourir un peu

/[paʁ.tiʁ, sɛ (tu.ʒuʁ) mu.ʁiʁ œ̃ pø, mɛ mu.ʁiʁ, sɛ paʁ.tiʁ bo.ku]/ phrase

The verdict

“partir, c’est mourir un peu” 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

Dominant Wiktionary sense: Abschiednehmen ist (immer) ein bisschen wie Sterben. Aber Sterben ist wirkliches Abschiednehmen.

Key facts for partir, c’est mourir un peu
PropertyValue
Headwordpartir, c’est mourir un peu
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[paʁ.tiʁ, sɛ (tu.ʒuʁ) mu.ʁiʁ œ̃ pø, mɛ mu.ʁiʁ, sɛ paʁ.tiʁ bo.ku]
Letters27
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “partir, c’est mourir un peu” sits in German frequency

partir, c’est mourir un peu 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 partir, c’est mourir un peu is 27 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [paʁ.tiʁ, sɛ (tu.ʒuʁ) mu.ʁiʁ œ̃ pø, mɛ mu.ʁiʁ, sɛ paʁ.tiʁ bo.ku]. 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: "Abschiednehmen ist (immer) ein bisschen wie Sterben. Aber Sterben ist wirkliches Abschiednehmen.".

No misspelling variants are generated for partir, c’est mourir un peu 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 partir, c’est mourir un peu, spelled P-A-R-T-I-R-,- -C-’-E-S-T- -M-O-U-R-I-R- -U-N- -P-E-U, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

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    Abschiednehmen ist (immer) ein bisschen wie Sterben. Aber Sterben ist wirkliches Abschiednehmen.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "partir, c’est mourir un peu"?
"partir, c’est mourir un peu" is spelled P-A-R-T-I-R-,- -C-’-E-S-T- -M-O-U-R-I-R- -U-N- -P-E-U. The IPA pronunciation is [paʁ.tiʁ, sɛ (tu.ʒuʁ) mu.ʁiʁ œ̃ pø, mɛ mu.ʁiʁ, sɛ paʁ.tiʁ bo.ku].
What does "partir, c’est mourir un peu" mean?
As a phrase, "partir, c’est mourir un peu" means: Abschiednehmen ist (immer) ein bisschen wie Sterben. Aber Sterben ist wirkliches Abschiednehmen.
How do you pronounce "partir, c’est mourir un peu"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "partir, c’est mourir un peu" is [paʁ.tiʁ, sɛ (tu.ʒuʁ) mu.ʁiʁ œ̃ pø, mɛ mu.ʁiʁ, sɛ paʁ.tiʁ bo.ku]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "partir, c’est mourir un peu" come from?
"partir, c’est mourir un peu" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “partir, c’est mourir un peu”

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

  • The one correct German spelling is P-A-R-T-I-R-,- -C-’-E-S-T- -M-O-U-R-I-R- -U-N- -P-E-U — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [paʁ.tiʁ, sɛ (tu.ʒuʁ) mu.ʁiʁ œ̃ pø, mɛ mu.ʁiʁ, sɛ paʁ.tiʁ bo.ku] (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.