sich die Finger schmutzig machen
[zɪç diː ˈfɪŋɐ ˈʃmʊt͡sɪç ˈmaxn̩]
The verdict
“sich die Finger schmutzig machen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 32
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich in einer Angelegenheit schuldig machen, eine Gesetzwidrigkeit begehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-sich-die-finger-schmutzi · sich die Finger schmutzig machen · German
sich die Finger schmutzig machen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 32 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 | sich die Finger schmutzig machen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [zɪç diː ˈfɪŋɐ ˈʃmʊt͡sɪç ˈmaxn̩] |
| Letters | 32 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „sich die Finger schmutzig machen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
sich die Finger schmutzig machen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [zɪç diː ˈfɪŋɐ ˈʃmʊt͡sɪç ˈmaxn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sich in einer Angelegenheit schuldig machen, eine Gesetzwidrigkeit begehen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for sich die Finger schmutzig machen, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 sich die Finger schmutzig machen, spelled S-I-C-H- -D-I-E- -F-I-N-G-E-R- -S-C-H-M-U-T-Z-I-G- -M-A-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1sich in einer Angelegenheit schuldig machen, eine Gesetzwidrigkeit begehen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sich die Finger schmutzig machen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ökonomen müssen sich die Finger schmutzig machen, indem sie direkt mit rohem Datenmaterial arbeiten.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.