vor der eigenen Tür kehren
[foːɐ̯ deːɐ̯ ˈaɪ̯ɡənən tyːɐ̯ ˈkeːʁən]
The verdict
“vor der eigenen Tür kehren” 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
- 26
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — die Fehler bei sich suchen, selbstkritisch sein
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vor der eigenen Tür kehren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [foːɐ̯ deːɐ̯ ˈaɪ̯ɡənən tyːɐ̯ ˈkeːʁən] |
| Letters | 26 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “vor der eigenen Tür kehren” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for vor der eigenen Tür kehren is 26 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [foːɐ̯ deːɐ̯ ˈaɪ̯ɡənən tyːɐ̯ ˈkeːʁən]. 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: "die Fehler bei sich suchen, selbstkritisch sein".
No misspelling variants are generated for vor der eigenen Tür kehren 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 vor der eigenen Tür kehren, spelled V-O-R- -D-E-R- -E-I-G-E-N-E-N- -T-Ü-R- -K-E-H-R-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1die Fehler bei sich suchen, selbstkritisch sein
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 V-O-R- -D-E-R- -E-I-G-E-N-E-N- -T-Ü-R- -K-E-H-R-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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