quäle
German, verb/ˈkvɛːlə/
quäle is spelled Q-U-Ä-L-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 57,755th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quäle is a German verb meaning “first-person singular present” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does quäle mean in English?
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
singular imperative
- 3
first/third-person singular subjunctive I
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. der rein subjektive Erlebnisgehalt eines mentalen Zustandes, der nicht reduzierbar ist auf öffentlich zugängliche, beobachtbare Eigenschaften
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 quäle
- Qualia nominative plural
- Quales genitive singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quäle?
- /ˈkvɛːlə/
- [ˈkvaːlə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is quäle in German?
quäle 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).