Quacksalberin
[ˈkvakˌzalbəʁɪn]
The verdict
“Quacksalberin” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - weibliche Person, die mit unzulänglichen Mitteln zu heilen versucht; die von ihrem (Heil-)Beruf nichts oder zu wenig versteht
Corpus desk
Index DE-quacksalberin · Quacksalberin · German
Quacksalberin · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Q" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Quacksalberin |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkvakˌzalbəʁɪn] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Quacksalberin“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Quacksalberin is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkvakˌzalbəʁɪn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "weibliche Person, die mit unzulänglichen Mitteln zu heilen versucht; die von ihrem (Heil-)Beruf nichts oder zu wenig versteht".
Quacksalberin has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Quacksalberin, spelled Q-U-A-C-K-S-A-L-B-E-R-I-N.
Definition
- 1weibliche Person, die mit unzulänglichen Mitteln zu heilen versucht; die von ihrem (Heil-)Beruf nichts oder zu wenig versteht
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Quacksalberin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er war an eine Quacksalberin geraten.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.