exquisit

[ɛkskviˈziːt]

/[ɛkskviˈziːt]/ adj

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The verdict

“exquisit” is uncommon German (frequency #61,480 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,480
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - hervorragend, sehr gut

Corpus desk

Index DE-exquisit · exquisit · German

exquisit · rank #61,480 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,480
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH explodierenden

Nearest frequency peer: explodierenden (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „exquisit“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „exquisit“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for exquisit
PropertyValue
Headwordexquisit
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ɛkskviˈziːt]
Letters8
Frequency rank#61,480
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „exquisit“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.exquisitfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „explodierenden“ (#61,479), „Exzess“ (#61,481), „exakter“ (#61,477). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „exquisit“ bei #61,480. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

exquisit is uncommon German at frequency #61,480 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɛkskviˈziːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "hervorragend, sehr gut".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for exquisit, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is exquisit, spelled E-X-Q-U-I-S-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    hervorragend, sehr gut

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how exquisit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Was für ein Film: wundervoll geschrieben, exquisit fotografiert, spektakulär ausgestattet, hervorragend gespielt!“

This word in other languages

exquisite(English)exquisito(Español)exquis(Français)primoroso(Português)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "exquisit"?
"exquisit" is spelled E-X-Q-U-I-S-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛkskviˈziːt].
What does "exquisit" mean?
As an adjective, "exquisit" means: hervorragend, sehr gut
How do you pronounce "exquisit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "exquisit" is [ɛkskviˈziːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "exquisit" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "exquisit", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Farbtöne#61,487empörend#61,457eloquent#61,454gebräunt#61,523

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list