ins Gras beißen
The verdict
“ins Gras beißen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mordre la poussière, subir un revers, une défaite.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ins-gras-bei-en · ins Gras beißen · French
ins Gras beißen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ins Gras beißen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
ins Gras beißen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mordre la poussière, subir un revers, une défaite.".
Zero misspellings are on record for ins Gras beißen in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is ins Gras beißen, spelled I-N-S- -G-R-A-S- -B-E-I-S-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1Mordre la poussière, subir un revers, une défaite.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ins Gras beißen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Im Jahre 1928 war eine kleine unbekannte Firma im Verlauf von vier Jahren zur Zentrallmacht des deutschen Zigarettentrusts geworden, während über hundert kleine aber an sich lebensfähige Zigarettenfirmen ins Gras beißen mußten.
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.