Tacheles reden
[ˈtaxələs ˈʁeːdn̩]
The verdict
“Tacheles reden” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (jemandem gegenüber) ganz offen und freimütig seine Meinung äußern
Corpus desk
Index DE-tacheles-reden · Tacheles reden · German
Tacheles reden · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" 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 | Tacheles reden |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈtaxələs ˈʁeːdn̩] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Tacheles reden“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Tacheles reden is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˈtaxələs ˈʁeːdn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(jemandem gegenüber) ganz offen und freimütig seine Meinung äußern".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Tacheles reden, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, 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 Tacheles reden, spelled T-A-C-H-E-L-E-S- -R-E-D-E-N.
Definition
- 1(jemandem gegenüber) ganz offen und freimütig seine Meinung äußern
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Tacheles reden appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Endlich jemand, der Tacheles redet und anderen klarmacht, was Menschenrechte sind.“
„In diesem Moment dachte er an Zirele und daran, daß er ihr versprochen hatte, mit ihrem Vater Tacheles zu reden.“
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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.