um die Wette
[ʊm diː ˈvɛtə]
The verdict
“um die Wette” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in Wettbewerbsform, mit dem Ziel, den Besten zu ermitteln
Corpus desk
Index DE-um-die-wette · um die Wette · German
um die Wette · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "U" 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 | um die Wette |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ʊm diː ˈvɛtə] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „um die Wette“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
um die Wette is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ʊm diː ˈvɛtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "in Wettbewerbsform, mit dem Ziel, den Besten zu ermitteln".
No misspelling variants are generated for um die Wette in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 um die Wette, spelled U-M- -D-I-E- -W-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1in Wettbewerbsform, mit dem Ziel, den Besten zu ermitteln
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how um die Wette appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Vor dem Verhör saßen sie eine ganze Stunde eng beisammen, brachen gelegentlich in Gelächter aus und furzten um die Wette.“
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.