wer sich zuviel vornimmt, führt nichts richtig durch

\veːɐ̯ zɪç ˈt͡suːfiːl ˈfoːɐ̯ˌnɪmt fyːɐ̯t nɪçt͡s ˈrɪç.tɪç dʊʁç\

/\veːɐ̯ zɪç ˈt͡suːfiːl ˈfoːɐ̯ˌnɪmt fyːɐ̯t nɪçt͡s ˈrɪç.tɪç dʊʁç\/ phrase

The verdict

“wer sich zuviel vornimmt, führt nichts richtig durch” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
52
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui trop embrasse mal étreint : à trop entreprendre, on ne fait rien correctement, on n’obtient aucun succès.

Key facts for wer sich zuviel vornimmt, führt nichts richtig durch
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Headwordwer sich zuviel vornimmt, führt nichts richtig durch
LanguageFrench
Part of speechPhrase
IPA\veːɐ̯ zɪç ˈt͡suːfiːl ˈfoːɐ̯ˌnɪmt fyːɐ̯t nɪçt͡s ˈrɪç.tɪç dʊʁç\
Letters52
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “wer sich zuviel vornimmt, führt nichts richtig durch” sits in French frequency

wer sich zuviel vornimmt, führt nichts richtig durch 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 wer sich zuviel vornimmt, führt nichts richtig durch is 52 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \veːɐ̯ zɪç ˈt͡suːfiːl ˈfoːɐ̯ˌnɪmt fyːɐ̯t nɪçt͡s ˈrɪç.tɪç dʊʁç\. 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: "Qui trop embrasse mal étreint : à trop entreprendre, on ne fait rien correctement, on n’obtient aucun succès.".

No misspelling variants are generated for wer sich zuviel vornimmt, führt nichts richtig durch 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 wer sich zuviel vornimmt, führt nichts richtig durch, spelled W-E-R- -S-I-C-H- -Z-U-V-I-E-L- -V-O-R-N-I-M-M-T-,- -F-Ü-H-R-T- -N-I-C-H-T-S- -R-I-C-H-T-I-G- -D-U-R-C-H, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui trop embrasse mal étreint : à trop entreprendre, on ne fait rien correctement, on n’obtient aucun succès.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "wer sich zuviel vornimmt, führt nichts richtig durch"?
"wer sich zuviel vornimmt, führt nichts richtig durch" is spelled W-E-R- -S-I-C-H- -Z-U-V-I-E-L- -V-O-R-N-I-M-M-T-,- -F-Ü-H-R-T- -N-I-C-H-T-S- -R-I-C-H-T-I-G- -D-U-R-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is \veːɐ̯ zɪç ˈt͡suːfiːl ˈfoːɐ̯ˌnɪmt fyːɐ̯t nɪçt͡s ˈrɪç.tɪç dʊʁç\.
What does "wer sich zuviel vornimmt, führt nichts richtig durch" mean?
As a phrase, "wer sich zuviel vornimmt, führt nichts richtig durch" means: Qui trop embrasse mal étreint : à trop entreprendre, on ne fait rien correctement, on n’obtient aucun succès.
How do you pronounce "wer sich zuviel vornimmt, führt nichts richtig durch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "wer sich zuviel vornimmt, führt nichts richtig durch" is \veːɐ̯ zɪç ˈt͡suːfiːl ˈfoːɐ̯ˌnɪmt fyːɐ̯t nɪçt͡s ˈrɪç.tɪç dʊʁç\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "wer sich zuviel vornimmt, führt nichts richtig durch" come from?
"wer sich zuviel vornimmt, führt nichts richtig durch" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “wer sich zuviel vornimmt, führt nichts richtig durch”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is W-E-R- -S-I-C-H- -Z-U-V-I-E-L- -V-O-R-N-I-M-M-T-,- -F-Ü-H-R-T- -N-I-C-H-T-S- -R-I-C-H-T-I-G- -D-U-R-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \veːɐ̯ zɪç ˈt͡suːfiːl ˈfoːɐ̯ˌnɪmt fyːɐ̯t nɪçt͡s ˈrɪç.tɪç dʊʁç\ (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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