Vorsicht ist die Mutter der Porzellankiste

/[ˈfoːɐ̯zɪçt ɪst diː ˈmʊtɐ deːɐ̯ pɔʁt͡səˈlaːnˌkɪstə]/ phrase

The verdict

“Vorsicht ist die Mutter der Porzellankiste” 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
42
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: es ist angeraten, achtsam zu sein

Key facts for Vorsicht ist die Mutter der Porzellankiste
PropertyValue
HeadwordVorsicht ist die Mutter der Porzellankiste
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[ˈfoːɐ̯zɪçt ɪst diː ˈmʊtɐ deːɐ̯ pɔʁt͡səˈlaːnˌkɪstə]
Letters42
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Vorsicht ist die Mutter der Porzellankiste” sits in German frequency

Vorsicht ist die Mutter der Porzellankiste 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 Vorsicht ist die Mutter der Porzellankiste is 42 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfoːɐ̯zɪçt ɪst diː ˈmʊtɐ deːɐ̯ pɔʁt͡səˈlaːnˌkɪstə]. 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: "es ist angeraten, achtsam zu sein".

No misspelling variants are generated for Vorsicht ist die Mutter der Porzellankiste 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 Vorsicht ist die Mutter der Porzellankiste, spelled V-O-R-S-I-C-H-T- -I-S-T- -D-I-E- -M-U-T-T-E-R- -D-E-R- -P-O-R-Z-E-L-L-A-N-K-I-S-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    es ist angeraten, achtsam zu sein

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Vorsicht ist die Mutter der Porzellankiste"?
"Vorsicht ist die Mutter der Porzellankiste" is spelled V-O-R-S-I-C-H-T- -I-S-T- -D-I-E- -M-U-T-T-E-R- -D-E-R- -P-O-R-Z-E-L-L-A-N-K-I-S-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfoːɐ̯zɪçt ɪst diː ˈmʊtɐ deːɐ̯ pɔʁt͡səˈlaːnˌkɪstə].
What does "Vorsicht ist die Mutter der Porzellankiste" mean?
As a phrase, "Vorsicht ist die Mutter der Porzellankiste" means: es ist angeraten, achtsam zu sein
How do you pronounce "Vorsicht ist die Mutter der Porzellankiste"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Vorsicht ist die Mutter der Porzellankiste" is [ˈfoːɐ̯zɪçt ɪst diː ˈmʊtɐ deːɐ̯ pɔʁt͡səˈlaːnˌkɪstə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Vorsicht ist die Mutter der Porzellankiste" come from?
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Using “Vorsicht ist die Mutter der Porzellankiste”

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

  • The one correct German spelling is V-O-R-S-I-C-H-T- -I-S-T- -D-I-E- -M-U-T-T-E-R- -D-E-R- -P-O-R-Z-E-L-L-A-N-K-I-S-T-E — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈfoːɐ̯zɪçt ɪst diː ˈmʊtɐ deːɐ̯ pɔʁt͡səˈlaːnˌkɪstə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.