von der Hand in den Mund leben

\fɔn deːɐ̯ ˌhant ɪn deːn ˈmʊnt ˌleːbn̩\

/\fɔn deːɐ̯ ˌhant ɪn deːn ˈmʊnt ˌleːbn̩\/ verb

The verdict

“von der Hand in den Mund leben” 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
30
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Vivre au jour le jour, n’avoir pour subsister que ce qu’on gagne chaque jour par son travail.

Key facts for von der Hand in den Mund leben
PropertyValue
Headwordvon der Hand in den Mund leben
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\fɔn deːɐ̯ ˌhant ɪn deːn ˈmʊnt ˌleːbn̩\
Letters30
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “von der Hand in den Mund leben” sits in French frequency

von der Hand in den Mund leben 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 von der Hand in den Mund leben is 30 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fɔn deːɐ̯ ˌhant ɪn deːn ˈmʊnt ˌleːbn̩\. 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: "Vivre au jour le jour, n’avoir pour subsister que ce qu’on gagne chaque jour par son travail.".

No misspelling variants are generated for von der Hand in den Mund leben 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 von der Hand in den Mund leben, spelled V-O-N- -D-E-R- -H-A-N-D- -I-N- -D-E-N- -M-U-N-D- -L-E-B-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Vivre au jour le jour, n’avoir pour subsister que ce qu’on gagne chaque jour par son travail.

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "von der Hand in den Mund leben"?
"von der Hand in den Mund leben" is spelled V-O-N- -D-E-R- -H-A-N-D- -I-N- -D-E-N- -M-U-N-D- -L-E-B-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is \fɔn deːɐ̯ ˌhant ɪn deːn ˈmʊnt ˌleːbn̩\.
What does "von der Hand in den Mund leben" mean?
As a verb, "von der Hand in den Mund leben" means: Vivre au jour le jour, n’avoir pour subsister que ce qu’on gagne chaque jour par son travail.
How do you pronounce "von der Hand in den Mund leben"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "von der Hand in den Mund leben" is \fɔn deːɐ̯ ˌhant ɪn deːn ˈmʊnt ˌleːbn̩\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “von der Hand in den Mund leben”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is V-O-N- -D-E-R- -H-A-N-D- -I-N- -D-E-N- -M-U-N-D- -L-E-B-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \fɔn deːɐ̯ ˌhant ɪn deːn ˈmʊnt ˌleːbn̩\ (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.

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