torr bakom öronen
[ˈtɔrː `bɑːkɔm `œːrɔnən]
The verdict
“torr bakom öronen” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - trocken hinter den Ohren
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | torr bakom öronen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈtɔrː `bɑːkɔm `œːrɔnən] |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “torr bakom öronen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for torr bakom öronen is 17 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈtɔrː `bɑːkɔm `œːrɔnən]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for torr bakom öronen in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is torr bakom öronen, spelled T-O-R-R- -B-A-K-O-M- -Ö-R-O-N-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1trocken hinter den Ohren
- 2unerfahren und unreif; noch nass hinter den Ohren; jung und unerfahren; ohne praktische Erfahrung; noch nicht trocken hinter den Ohren, noch feucht hinter den Ohren
Synonyms
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.
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- The one correct German spelling is T-O-R-R- -B-A-K-O-M- -Ö-R-O-N-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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