unter den Teppich kehren
\ˈʊntɐ deːn ˈtɛpɪç ˈkeːʁən\
The verdict
“unter den Teppich kehren” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 24
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Occulter, escamoter (un problème, un fait).
Corpus desk
Index FR-unter-den-teppich-kehren · unter den Teppich kehren · French
unter den Teppich kehren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 24 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "U" 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 | unter den Teppich kehren |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈʊntɐ deːn ˈtɛpɪç ˈkeːʁən\ |
| Letters | 24 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « unter den Teppich kehren » en français
Rare enough to double-check
unter den Teppich kehren is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈʊntɐ deːn ˈtɛpɪç ˈkeːʁən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Occulter, escamoter (un problème, un fait).".
No misspelling variants are generated for unter den Teppich kehren in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is unter den Teppich kehren, spelled U-N-T-E-R- -D-E-N- -T-E-P-P-I-C-H- -K-E-H-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1Occulter, escamoter (un problème, un fait).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how unter den Teppich kehren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Es rächt sich, dass Regierungen das Denken in Kreisläufen viel zu lange unter den Teppich gekehrt, nicht ernst genommen haben.
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.