quak
[kvaːk]
The verdict
“quak” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Laut, in der Art, wie ihn Enten, Quaker und Frösche von sich geben
Corpus desk
Index DE-quak · quak · German
quak · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | quak |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | [kvaːk] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „quak“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
quak is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection, transcribed [kvaːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Laut, in der Art, wie ihn Enten, Quaker und Frösche von sich geben".
quak has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 quak, spelled Q-U-A-K.
Definition
- 1Laut, in der Art, wie ihn Enten, Quaker und Frösche von sich geben
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.