sich am Riemen reißen
[zɪç am ˈʁiːmən ˈʁaɪ̯sn̩]
The verdict
“sich am Riemen reißen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich beherrschen, sich anstrengen
Corpus desk
Index DE-sich-am-riemen-rei-en · sich am Riemen reißen · German
sich am Riemen reißen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 21 letters
- VOW-8 8 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 | sich am Riemen reißen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [zɪç am ˈʁiːmən ˈʁaɪ̯sn̩] |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „sich am Riemen reißen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
sich am Riemen reißen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [zɪç am ˈʁiːmən ˈʁaɪ̯sn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sich beherrschen, sich anstrengen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for sich am Riemen reißen, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is sich am Riemen reißen, spelled S-I-C-H- -A-M- -R-I-E-M-E-N- -R-E-I-S-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1sich beherrschen, sich anstrengen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sich am Riemen reißen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Reiß dich doch mal am Riemen!
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