sich in die Brust werfen
[zɪç ɪn diː bʁʊst ˈvɛʁfn̩]
The verdict
“sich in die Brust werfen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 24
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit etwas angeben, prahlen, sich mit etwas brüsten
Corpus desk
Index DE-sich-in-die-brust-werfen · sich in die Brust werfen · German
sich in die Brust werfen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 24 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 in die Brust werfen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [zɪç ɪn diː bʁʊst ˈvɛʁfn̩] |
| Letters | 24 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „sich in die Brust werfen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
sich in die Brust werfen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [zɪç ɪn diː bʁʊst ˈvɛʁfn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mit etwas angeben, prahlen, sich mit etwas brüsten".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for sich in die Brust werfen, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 in die Brust werfen, spelled S-I-C-H- -I-N- -D-I-E- -B-R-U-S-T- -W-E-R-F-E-N.
Definition
- 1mit etwas angeben, prahlen, sich mit etwas brüsten
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sich in die Brust werfen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Und, übrigens: Verlogen ist es doch wohl auch, sich einerseits dauernd in Sachen China und Menschenrechte in die Brust zu werfen, um andererseits klammheimlich von der Billigarbeit der Küchensklaven dort zu profitieren.
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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.