wer gackert, muss auch ein Ei legen

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The verdict

“wer gackert, muss auch ein Ei legen” 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
35
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - wer viel über etwas redet, muss auch konkrete Taten folgen lassen

Key facts for wer gackert, muss auch ein Ei legen
PropertyValue
Headwordwer gackert, muss auch ein Ei legen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[…]
Letters35
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “wer gackert, muss auch ein Ei legen” sits in German frequency

wer gackert, muss auch ein Ei legen 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 wer gackert, muss auch ein Ei legen is 35 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as […]. 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: "wer viel über etwas redet, muss auch konkrete Taten folgen lassen".

No misspelling variants are generated for wer gackert, muss auch ein Ei legen 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 wer gackert, muss auch ein Ei legen, spelled W-E-R- -G-A-C-K-E-R-T-,- -M-U-S-S- -A-U-C-H- -E-I-N- -E-I- -L-E-G-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    wer viel über etwas redet, muss auch konkrete Taten folgen lassen

This word in other languages

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 "wer gackert, muss auch ein Ei legen"?
"wer gackert, muss auch ein Ei legen" is spelled W-E-R- -G-A-C-K-E-R-T-,- -M-U-S-S- -A-U-C-H- -E-I-N- -E-I- -L-E-G-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "wer gackert, muss auch ein Ei legen" mean?
As a phrase, "wer gackert, muss auch ein Ei legen" means: wer viel über etwas redet, muss auch konkrete Taten folgen lassen
How do you pronounce "wer gackert, muss auch ein Ei legen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "wer gackert, muss auch ein Ei legen" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "wer gackert, muss auch ein Ei legen" come from?
"wer gackert, muss auch ein Ei legen" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “wer gackert, muss auch ein Ei legen”

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

  • The one correct German spelling is W-E-R- -G-A-C-K-E-R-T-,- -M-U-S-S- -A-U-C-H- -E-I-N- -E-I- -L-E-G-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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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