schlecht beieinander sein
[ʃlɛçt baɪ̯ʔaɪ̯ˈnandɐ zaɪ̯n]
The verdict
“schlecht beieinander sein” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 25
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - krank, kränklich sein, nicht gut in Form sein
Corpus desk
Index DE-schlecht-beieinander-sei · schlecht beieinander sein · German
schlecht beieinander sein · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 25 letters
- VOW-9 9 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | schlecht beieinander sein |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ʃlɛçt baɪ̯ʔaɪ̯ˈnandɐ zaɪ̯n] |
| Letters | 25 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „schlecht beieinander sein“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
schlecht beieinander sein is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ʃlɛçt baɪ̯ʔaɪ̯ˈnandɐ zaɪ̯n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "krank, kränklich sein, nicht gut in Form sein".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for schlecht beieinander sein, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is schlecht beieinander sein, spelled S-C-H-L-E-C-H-T- -B-E-I-E-I-N-A-N-D-E-R- -S-E-I-N.
Definition
- 1krank, kränklich sein, nicht gut in Form sein
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how schlecht beieinander sein appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich kann heute Abend leider nicht mitkommen, ich bin ganz schlecht beieinander.
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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.