was liegt, das pickt

/[vas ˈliːkt das ˈpɪkt]/ phrase

The verdict

“was liegt, das pickt” 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
20
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: eine bereits vorgenommene Handlung, eine getätigte Aussage kann nicht mehr zurückgenommen, rückgängig gemacht werden; was einmal ausgemacht wurde, das hat zu gelten

Key facts for was liegt, das pickt
PropertyValue
Headwordwas liegt, das pickt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[vas ˈliːkt das ˈpɪkt]
Letters20
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “was liegt, das pickt” sits in German frequency

was liegt, das pickt 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 was liegt, das pickt is 20 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [vas ˈliːkt das ˈpɪkt]. 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: "eine bereits vorgenommene Handlung, eine getätigte Aussage kann nicht mehr zurückgenommen, rückgängig gemacht werden; was einmal ausgemacht wurde, das hat zu gelten".

No misspelling variants are generated for was liegt, das pickt 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 was liegt, das pickt, spelled W-A-S- -L-I-E-G-T-,- -D-A-S- -P-I-C-K-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine bereits vorgenommene Handlung, eine getätigte Aussage kann nicht mehr zurückgenommen, rückgängig gemacht werden; was einmal ausgemacht wurde, das hat zu gelten

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "was liegt, das pickt"?
"was liegt, das pickt" is spelled W-A-S- -L-I-E-G-T-,- -D-A-S- -P-I-C-K-T. The IPA pronunciation is [vas ˈliːkt das ˈpɪkt].
What does "was liegt, das pickt" mean?
As a phrase, "was liegt, das pickt" means: eine bereits vorgenommene Handlung, eine getätigte Aussage kann nicht mehr zurückgenommen, rückgängig gemacht werden; was einmal ausgemacht wurde, das hat zu gelten
How do you pronounce "was liegt, das pickt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "was liegt, das pickt" is [vas ˈliːkt das ˈpɪkt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “was liegt, das pickt”

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

  • The one correct German spelling is W-A-S- -L-I-E-G-T-,- -D-A-S- -P-I-C-K-T — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [vas ˈliːkt das ˈpɪkt] (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.

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