sich aus dem Staub machen
\zɪç aʊ̯s deːm ʃtaʊ̯p ˈmaxŋ̍\
The verdict
“sich aus dem Staub machen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 25
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partir rapidement et le plus souvent discrètement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sich-aus-dem-staub-mache · sich aus dem Staub machen · French
sich aus dem Staub machen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 25 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | sich aus dem Staub machen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \zɪç aʊ̯s deːm ʃtaʊ̯p ˈmaxŋ̍\ |
| Letters | 25 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
sich aus dem Staub machen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \zɪç aʊ̯s deːm ʃtaʊ̯p ˈmaxŋ̍\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partir rapidement et le plus souvent discrètement.".
No misspelling variants are generated for sich aus dem Staub machen in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 sich aus dem Staub machen, spelled S-I-C-H- -A-U-S- -D-E-M- -S-T-A-U-B- -M-A-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1Partir rapidement et le plus souvent discrètement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sich aus dem Staub machen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich wollte die nette Frau kennenlernen, aber sie hat sich aus dem Staub gemacht, bevor ich sie ansprechen konnte.
Mehrere Beamte hatten sich postiert, um den Verdächtigen in Gewahrsam zu nehmen. Dieser hatte aber Lunte gerochen und sich rechtzeitig aus dem Staub gemacht.
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.