den Löffel abgeben
\deːn ˈlœfl̩ ˌapɡeːbn̩\
The verdict
“den Löffel abgeben” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Casser sa pipe, mourir, rendre l’âme.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | den Löffel abgeben |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \deːn ˈlœfl̩ ˌapɡeːbn̩\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “den Löffel abgeben” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for den Löffel abgeben is 18 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \deːn ˈlœfl̩ ˌapɡeːbn̩\. 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: "Casser sa pipe, mourir, rendre l’âme.".
den Löffel abgeben doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is den Löffel abgeben, spelled D-E-N- -L-Ö-F-F-E-L- -A-B-G-E-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1Casser sa pipe, mourir, rendre l’âme.
Synonyms
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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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-E-N- -L-Ö-F-F-E-L- -A-B-G-E-B-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.