macht fertig

/\ˌmaxt ˈfɛʁtɪç\/ verb

The verdict

“macht fertig” 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
12
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’impératif présent de fertigmachen.

Key facts for macht fertig
PropertyValue
Headwordmacht fertig
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ˌmaxt ˈfɛʁtɪç\
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “macht fertig” sits in French frequency

macht fertig falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French 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 French entry for macht fertig is 12 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ˌmaxt ˈfɛʁtɪç\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for macht fertig in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French 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 French form is macht fertig, spelled M-A-C-H-T- -F-E-R-T-I-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’impératif présent de fertigmachen.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif dans une proposition principale de fertigmachen.
  3. 3
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif dans une proposition principale de fertigmachen.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "macht fertig"?
"macht fertig" is spelled M-A-C-H-T- -F-E-R-T-I-G. The IPA pronunciation is \ˌmaxt ˈfɛʁtɪç\.
What does "macht fertig" mean?
As a verb, "macht fertig" means: Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’impératif présent de fertigmachen.
How do you pronounce "macht fertig"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "macht fertig" is \ˌmaxt ˈfɛʁtɪç\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "macht fertig" come from?
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Using “macht fertig”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is M-A-C-H-T- -F-E-R-T-I-G — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ˌmaxt ˈfɛʁtɪç\ (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.