viele Köche verderben den Brei

[ˈfiːlə ˈkœçə fɛɐ̯ˈdɛʁbn̩ deːn bʁaɪ̯]

/[ˈfiːlə ˈkœçə fɛɐ̯ˈdɛʁbn̩ deːn bʁaɪ̯]/ phrase

The verdict

“viele Köche verderben den Brei” 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
30
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — wenn zu viele Menschen an derselben Sache arbeiten, wird nichts daraus.

Key facts for viele Köche verderben den Brei
PropertyValue
Headwordviele Köche verderben den Brei
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[ˈfiːlə ˈkœçə fɛɐ̯ˈdɛʁbn̩ deːn bʁaɪ̯]
Letters30
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “viele Köche verderben den Brei” sits in German frequency

viele Köche verderben den Brei falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for viele Köche verderben den Brei is 30 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfiːlə ˈkœçə fɛɐ̯ˈdɛʁbn̩ deːn bʁaɪ̯]. 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: "wenn zu viele Menschen an derselben Sache arbeiten, wird nichts daraus.".

No misspelling variants are generated for viele Köche verderben den Brei 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 viele Köche verderben den Brei, spelled V-I-E-L-E- -K-Ö-C-H-E- -V-E-R-D-E-R-B-E-N- -D-E-N- -B-R-E-I, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    wenn zu viele Menschen an derselben Sache arbeiten, wird nichts daraus.

This word in other languages

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "viele Köche verderben den Brei"?
"viele Köche verderben den Brei" is spelled V-I-E-L-E- -K-Ö-C-H-E- -V-E-R-D-E-R-B-E-N- -D-E-N- -B-R-E-I. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfiːlə ˈkœçə fɛɐ̯ˈdɛʁbn̩ deːn bʁaɪ̯].
What does "viele Köche verderben den Brei" mean?
As a phrase, "viele Köche verderben den Brei" means: wenn zu viele Menschen an derselben Sache arbeiten, wird nichts daraus.
How do you pronounce "viele Köche verderben den Brei"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "viele Köche verderben den Brei" is [ˈfiːlə ˈkœçə fɛɐ̯ˈdɛʁbn̩ deːn bʁaɪ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "viele Köche verderben den Brei" come from?
"viele Köche verderben den Brei" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “viele Köche verderben den Brei”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is V-I-E-L-E- -K-Ö-C-H-E- -V-E-R-D-E-R-B-E-N- -D-E-N- -B-R-E-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈfiːlə ˈkœçə fɛɐ̯ˈdɛʁbn̩ deːn bʁaɪ̯] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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