exquisite

[ɛkskviˈziːtə]

/[ɛkskviˈziːtə]/ adj

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The verdict

“exquisite” is uncommon German (frequency #71,311 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,311
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs exquisit

Corpus desk

Index DE-exquisite · exquisite · German

exquisite · rank #71,311 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,311
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH Exils

Nearest frequency peer: Exils (-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 „exquisite“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for exquisite
PropertyValue
Headwordexquisite
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ɛkskviˈziːtə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#71,311
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „exquisite“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Exils“ (#71,310), „extravagante“ (#71,312), „Exile“ (#71,309). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „exquisite“ bei #71,311. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

exquisite is uncommon German at frequency #71,311 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɛkskviˈziːtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

exquisite doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is exquisite, spelled E-X-Q-U-I-S-I-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs exquisit
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs exquisit
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs exquisit
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs exquisit
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs exquisit
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs exquisit
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs exquisit
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs exquisit
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs exquisit

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 "exquisite"?
"exquisite" is spelled E-X-Q-U-I-S-I-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛkskviˈziːtə].
What does "exquisite" mean?
As an adjective, "exquisite" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs exquisit
How do you pronounce "exquisite"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "exquisite" is [ɛkskviˈziːtə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "exquisite" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Exemplars#71,306femininen#71,322Fernlicht#71,326Festspiel#71,329

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list