quaken
[ˈkvaːkn̩]
The verdict
“quaken” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nasalen Laut quak erzeugen, meistens mehrmals; typischerweise von Frosch oder Ente, selten auch von andern Tieren wie der Gans
Corpus desk
Index DE-quaken · quaken · German
quaken · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | quaken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈkvaːkn̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „quaken“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
quaken is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈkvaːkn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nasalen Laut quak erzeugen, meistens mehrmals; typischerweise von Frosch oder Ente, selten auch von andern Tieren wie der Gans".
No generated misspelling entries exist for quaken in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is quaken, spelled Q-U-A-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1nasalen Laut quak erzeugen, meistens mehrmals; typischerweise von Frosch oder Ente, selten auch von andern Tieren wie der Gans
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how quaken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Im Gartenteich quakten munter die Frösche.
(Wildgans:) „Und auch wer genau hinhört, kann die verschiedenen Zugvögel oftmals identifizieren: Während Kraniche tiefe, trompetenartige Laute von sich geben, quaken Wildgänse in viel höherer Tonlage “
This word in other languages
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.