quak
German, interjection/kvaːk/
quak is spelled Q-U-A-K (4 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 105,614th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quak is a German interjection meaning “croak, ribbit (sound of a frog or a toad)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Laut, in der Art, wie ihn Enten, Quaker und Frösche von sich geben”.
What does quak mean in English?
interjection
- 1
croak, ribbit (sound of a frog or a toad)
- 2
quack (sound of a duck)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. Laut, in der Art, wie ihn Enten, Quaker und Frösche von sich geben
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce quak?
- /kvaːk/
- [kvaːk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to quak
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is quak in German?
quak appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).