A common German misspelling

The standard spelling is “gar nicht.”

Convention: Spelling follows the language's standard.

Example

[Strophe]
Das ist garnicht wahr

In the workbench this reads: “garnicht” is a common German spelling error.

[Strophe]
Das ist gar nicht wahr

The fix

In the workbench this finding carries one control, labelled Replace with gar nicht. The change is contextual, so it is previewed as a diff in your document first and applies only when you confirm it.

The convention and its limits

This check detects the pattern shown above. An accepted example passes this check; it is not a review of the whole transcription.

Source

The source cited by this check:

Häufige Fehler und Falschschreibweisen (opens in a new tab) verified 2026-07-25 Common German misspellings, including garnicht and nähmlich