Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

there is something rotten in the state of denmark

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.60 in modern English

Syllables: there is -some-thing rot-ten in the s-tate of -den-mark
IPA

63

Scrabble Score

41

Letters

7

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

Alternative form of something is rotten in the state of Denmark.

Example Sentences

"When he compared the French army and its total expenditure with ours he was perfectly frightened. But when he came upon items such as that to which he had referred he could well understand that there was something rotten in the state of Denmark."

Questions

What does there is something rotten in the state of denmark mean?: Alternative form of something is rotten in the state of Denmark.

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