wer im Glashaus sitzt, soll nicht mit Steinen werfen

[ˈveːɐ̯ ɪm ˈɡlaːsˌhaʊ̯s ˈzɪt͡st ǀ ˈsɔl nɪçt mɪt ˈʃtaɪ̯nən ˈvɛʁfn̩]

/[ˈveːɐ̯ ɪm ˈɡlaːsˌhaʊ̯s ˈzɪt͡st ǀ ˈsɔl nɪçt mɪt ˈʃtaɪ̯nən ˈvɛʁfn̩]/ phrase

The verdict

“wer im Glashaus sitzt, soll nicht mit Steinen werfen” 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
52
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - man soll anderen nicht etwas vorwerfen, was man selber hat oder macht

Key facts for wer im Glashaus sitzt, soll nicht mit Steinen werfen
PropertyValue
Headwordwer im Glashaus sitzt, soll nicht mit Steinen werfen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[ˈveːɐ̯ ɪm ˈɡlaːsˌhaʊ̯s ˈzɪt͡st ǀ ˈsɔl nɪçt mɪt ˈʃtaɪ̯nən ˈvɛʁfn̩]
Letters52
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “wer im Glashaus sitzt, soll nicht mit Steinen werfen” sits in German frequency

wer im Glashaus sitzt, soll nicht mit Steinen werfen 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 im Glashaus sitzt, soll nicht mit Steinen werfen is 52 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈveːɐ̯ ɪm ˈɡlaːsˌhaʊ̯s ˈzɪt͡st ǀ ˈsɔl nɪçt mɪt ˈʃtaɪ̯nən ˈvɛʁfn̩]. 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: "man soll anderen nicht etwas vorwerfen, was man selber hat oder macht".

No misspelling variants are generated for wer im Glashaus sitzt, soll nicht mit Steinen werfen 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 im Glashaus sitzt, soll nicht mit Steinen werfen, spelled W-E-R- -I-M- -G-L-A-S-H-A-U-S- -S-I-T-Z-T-,- -S-O-L-L- -N-I-C-H-T- -M-I-T- -S-T-E-I-N-E-N- -W-E-R-F-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    man soll anderen nicht etwas vorwerfen, was man selber hat oder macht

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "wer im Glashaus sitzt, soll nicht mit Steinen werfen"?
"wer im Glashaus sitzt, soll nicht mit Steinen werfen" is spelled W-E-R- -I-M- -G-L-A-S-H-A-U-S- -S-I-T-Z-T-,- -S-O-L-L- -N-I-C-H-T- -M-I-T- -S-T-E-I-N-E-N- -W-E-R-F-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈveːɐ̯ ɪm ˈɡlaːsˌhaʊ̯s ˈzɪt͡st ǀ ˈsɔl nɪçt mɪt ˈʃtaɪ̯nən ˈvɛʁfn̩].
What does "wer im Glashaus sitzt, soll nicht mit Steinen werfen" mean?
As a phrase, "wer im Glashaus sitzt, soll nicht mit Steinen werfen" means: man soll anderen nicht etwas vorwerfen, was man selber hat oder macht
How do you pronounce "wer im Glashaus sitzt, soll nicht mit Steinen werfen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "wer im Glashaus sitzt, soll nicht mit Steinen werfen" is [ˈveːɐ̯ ɪm ˈɡlaːsˌhaʊ̯s ˈzɪt͡st ǀ ˈsɔl nɪçt mɪt ˈʃtaɪ̯nən ˈvɛʁfn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "wer im Glashaus sitzt, soll nicht mit Steinen werfen" come from?
"wer im Glashaus sitzt, soll nicht mit Steinen werfen" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “wer im Glashaus sitzt, soll nicht mit Steinen werfen”

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

  • The one correct German spelling is W-E-R- -I-M- -G-L-A-S-H-A-U-S- -S-I-T-Z-T-,- -S-O-L-L- -N-I-C-H-T- -M-I-T- -S-T-E-I-N-E-N- -W-E-R-F-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈveːɐ̯ ɪm ˈɡlaːsˌhaʊ̯s ˈzɪt͡st ǀ ˈsɔl nɪçt mɪt ˈʃtaɪ̯nən ˈvɛʁfn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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