voyage de maître, noces de valets

[vwa.jaʒ də mɛtʁ nɔs də va.lɛ]

/[vwa.jaʒ də mɛtʁ nɔs də va.lɛ]/ phrase

The verdict

“voyage de maître, noces de valets” 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
33
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — bei fehlender Aufsicht nutzen manche die Situation aus, indem sie sich unbekümmert Dinge erlauben, die sonst nicht geduldet würden, indem sie sich Freiheiten herausnehmen, die ihnen sonst nicht zus...

Key facts for voyage de maître, noces de valets
PropertyValue
Headwordvoyage de maître, noces de valets
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[vwa.jaʒ də mɛtʁ nɔs də va.lɛ]
Letters33
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “voyage de maître, noces de valets” sits in German frequency

voyage de maître, noces de valets 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 voyage de maître, noces de valets is 33 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [vwa.jaʒ də mɛtʁ nɔs də va.lɛ]. 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: "bei fehlender Aufsicht nutzen manche die Situation aus, indem sie sich unbekümmert Dinge erlauben, die sonst nicht geduldet würden, indem sie sich Freiheiten herausnehmen, die ihnen sonst nicht zus...".

No misspelling variants are generated for voyage de maître, noces de valets 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 voyage de maître, noces de valets, spelled V-O-Y-A-G-E- -D-E- -M-A-Î-T-R-E-,- -N-O-C-E-S- -D-E- -V-A-L-E-T-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    bei fehlender Aufsicht nutzen manche die Situation aus, indem sie sich unbekümmert Dinge erlauben, die sonst nicht geduldet würden, indem sie sich Freiheiten herausnehmen, die ihnen sonst nicht zustehen (wortwörtlich: „des Herrn/Gebieters/Meisters Reise, der Knechte rauschendes Fest“, freier: „ist der Herr/Gebieter/Meister auf Reisen, feiern die Knechte ein rauschendes Fest“)

Synonyms

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "voyage de maître, noces de valets"?
"voyage de maître, noces de valets" is spelled V-O-Y-A-G-E- -D-E- -M-A-Î-T-R-E-,- -N-O-C-E-S- -D-E- -V-A-L-E-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is [vwa.jaʒ də mɛtʁ nɔs də va.lɛ].
What does "voyage de maître, noces de valets" mean?
As a phrase, "voyage de maître, noces de valets" means: bei fehlender Aufsicht nutzen manche die Situation aus, indem sie sich unbekümmert Dinge erlauben, die sonst nicht geduldet würden, indem sie sich Freiheiten herausnehmen, die ihnen sonst nicht zus...
How do you pronounce "voyage de maître, noces de valets"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "voyage de maître, noces de valets" is [vwa.jaʒ də mɛtʁ nɔs də va.lɛ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "voyage de maître, noces de valets" come from?
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Using “voyage de maître, noces de valets”

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  • The one correct German spelling is V-O-Y-A-G-E- -D-E- -M-A-Î-T-R-E-,- -N-O-C-E-S- -D-E- -V-A-L-E-T-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [vwa.jaʒ də mɛtʁ nɔs də va.lɛ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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