sich ins Zeug legen
[zɪç ɪns t͡sɔɪ̯k leːɡn̩]
The verdict
“sich ins Zeug legen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - angestrengt an etwas arbeiten, sich abmühen, keine Mühe scheuen
Corpus desk
Index DE-sich-ins-zeug-legen · sich ins Zeug legen · German
sich ins Zeug legen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 19 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 ins Zeug legen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [zɪç ɪns t͡sɔɪ̯k leːɡn̩] |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „sich ins Zeug legen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
sich ins Zeug legen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [zɪç ɪns t͡sɔɪ̯k leːɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "angestrengt an etwas arbeiten, sich abmühen, keine Mühe scheuen".
sich ins Zeug legen has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 sich ins Zeug legen, spelled S-I-C-H- -I-N-S- -Z-E-U-G- -L-E-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1angestrengt an etwas arbeiten, sich abmühen, keine Mühe scheuen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sich ins Zeug legen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Für ihren Chef, den Schützenkönig, haben sie sich mächtig ins Zeug gelegt und Blumengestecke für jeden Tisch zusammengestellt und eine große Blumenkrone gesteckt.“
„Wirtschaftlicher Erfolg ist kein Selbstzweck. Aber wer entscheidet, wozu wir uns ins Zeug legen? Der Staat kann es nicht.“
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.