Quacksalber
German, noun/ˈkvakˌzalbər/
Quacksalber is spelled Q-U-A-C-K-S-A-L-B-E-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 67,080th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quacksalber is a German masculine noun meaning “quack, quacksalver (unqualified healer or incompetent doctor; male or unspecified sex)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemand, der mit unzulänglichen Mitteln zu heilen versucht; Person, die von ihrem (Heil-)Beruf nichts oder zu…”.
What does Quacksalber mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinequack, quacksalver (unqualified healer or incompetent doctor; male or unspecified sex)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. jemand, der mit unzulänglichen Mitteln zu heilen versucht; Person, die von ihrem (Heil-)Beruf nichts oder zu wenig versteht
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Quacksalber
- Quacksalbers genitive
- Quacksalberin feminine
- Quacksalbern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Quacksalber?
- /ˈkvakˌzalbər/
- [ˈkʋakˌzalbɐ]
- [ˈkvakˌzalbɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Quacksalber
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Quacksalber in German?
Quacksalber appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).