unter dem Siegel der Verschwiegenheit
[ˌʊntɐ deːm ˌziːɡl̩ deːɐ̯ fɛɐ̯ˈʃviːɡn̩ˌhaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“unter dem Siegel der Verschwiegenheit” 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
- 37
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - unter der Bedingung/Voraussetzung, das Stillschweigen bewahrt wird; vorausgesetzt, etwas wird nicht weitergesagt und bleibt (streng) vertraulich
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unter dem Siegel der Verschwiegenheit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˌʊntɐ deːm ˌziːɡl̩ deːɐ̯ fɛɐ̯ˈʃviːɡn̩ˌhaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 37 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “unter dem Siegel der Verschwiegenheit” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for unter dem Siegel der Verschwiegenheit is 37 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌʊntɐ deːm ˌziːɡl̩ deːɐ̯ fɛɐ̯ˈʃviːɡn̩ˌhaɪ̯t]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "unter der Bedingung/Voraussetzung, das Stillschweigen bewahrt wird; vorausgesetzt, etwas wird nicht weitergesagt und bleibt (streng) vertraulich".
No misspelling variants are generated for unter dem Siegel der Verschwiegenheit 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 unter dem Siegel der Verschwiegenheit, spelled U-N-T-E-R- -D-E-M- -S-I-E-G-E-L- -D-E-R- -V-E-R-S-C-H-W-I-E-G-E-N-H-E-I-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1unter der Bedingung/Voraussetzung, das Stillschweigen bewahrt wird; vorausgesetzt, etwas wird nicht weitergesagt und bleibt (streng) vertraulich
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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.
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- The one correct German spelling is U-N-T-E-R- -D-E-M- -S-I-E-G-E-L- -D-E-R- -V-E-R-S-C-H-W-I-E-G-E-N-H-E-I-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˌʊntɐ deːm ˌziːɡl̩ deːɐ̯ fɛɐ̯ˈʃviːɡn̩ˌhaɪ̯t] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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