rein in die Kartoffeln, raus aus den Kartoffeln

[ˈʁaɪ̯n ɪn diː kaʁˈtɔfl̩n ˈʁaʊ̯s aʊ̯s deːn kaʁˈtɔfl̩n]

/[ˈʁaɪ̯n ɪn diː kaʁˈtɔfl̩n ˈʁaʊ̯s aʊ̯s deːn kaʁˈtɔfl̩n]/ phrase

The verdict

“rein in die Kartoffeln, raus aus den Kartoffeln” 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
47
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — Bemerkung, die auf kurz aufeinanderfolgende gegensätzliche Anweisungen hinweist

Key facts for rein in die Kartoffeln, raus aus den Kartoffeln
PropertyValue
Headwordrein in die Kartoffeln, raus aus den Kartoffeln
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[ˈʁaɪ̯n ɪn diː kaʁˈtɔfl̩n ˈʁaʊ̯s aʊ̯s deːn kaʁˈtɔfl̩n]
Letters47
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “rein in die Kartoffeln, raus aus den Kartoffeln” sits in German frequency

rein in die Kartoffeln, raus aus den Kartoffeln 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 rein in die Kartoffeln, raus aus den Kartoffeln is 47 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʁaɪ̯n ɪn diː kaʁˈtɔfl̩n ˈʁaʊ̯s aʊ̯s deːn kaʁˈtɔfl̩n]. 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: "Bemerkung, die auf kurz aufeinanderfolgende gegensätzliche Anweisungen hinweist".

No misspelling variants are generated for rein in die Kartoffeln, raus aus den Kartoffeln 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 rein in die Kartoffeln, raus aus den Kartoffeln, spelled R-E-I-N- -I-N- -D-I-E- -K-A-R-T-O-F-F-E-L-N-,- -R-A-U-S- -A-U-S- -D-E-N- -K-A-R-T-O-F-F-E-L-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bemerkung, die auf kurz aufeinanderfolgende gegensätzliche Anweisungen hinweist

Synonyms

heute hü, morgen hottbald so, bald so

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rein in die Kartoffeln, raus aus den Kartoffeln"?
"rein in die Kartoffeln, raus aus den Kartoffeln" is spelled R-E-I-N- -I-N- -D-I-E- -K-A-R-T-O-F-F-E-L-N-,- -R-A-U-S- -A-U-S- -D-E-N- -K-A-R-T-O-F-F-E-L-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʁaɪ̯n ɪn diː kaʁˈtɔfl̩n ˈʁaʊ̯s aʊ̯s deːn kaʁˈtɔfl̩n].
What does "rein in die Kartoffeln, raus aus den Kartoffeln" mean?
As a phrase, "rein in die Kartoffeln, raus aus den Kartoffeln" means: Bemerkung, die auf kurz aufeinanderfolgende gegensätzliche Anweisungen hinweist
How do you pronounce "rein in die Kartoffeln, raus aus den Kartoffeln"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rein in die Kartoffeln, raus aus den Kartoffeln" is [ˈʁaɪ̯n ɪn diː kaʁˈtɔfl̩n ˈʁaʊ̯s aʊ̯s deːn kaʁˈtɔfl̩n]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “rein in die Kartoffeln, raus aus den Kartoffeln”

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

  • The one correct German spelling is R-E-I-N- -I-N- -D-I-E- -K-A-R-T-O-F-F-E-L-N-,- -R-A-U-S- -A-U-S- -D-E-N- -K-A-R-T-O-F-F-E-L-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈʁaɪ̯n ɪn diː kaʁˈtɔfl̩n ˈʁaʊ̯s aʊ̯s deːn kaʁˈtɔfl̩n] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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