quälende

[ˈkvɛːləndə]

/[ˈkvɛːləndə]/ adj

The verdict

“quälende” is uncommon German (frequency #76,079 among 3,618 “Q” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,079
frequency rank, German
3,618
“Q” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs quälend

Key facts for quälende
PropertyValue
Headwordquälende
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈkvɛːləndə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#76,079
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “quälende” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). quälende lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

quälende is uncommon German at frequency #76,079 among 3,618 “Q” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈkvɛːləndə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

quälende has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is quälende, spelled Q-U-Ä-L-E-N-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs quälend
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs quälend
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs quälend
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs quälend
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs quälend
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs quälend
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs quälend
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs quälend
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs quälend

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "quälende"?
"quälende" is spelled Q-U-Ä-L-E-N-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkvɛːləndə].
What does "quälende" mean?
As an adjective, "quälende" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs quälend
How do you pronounce "quälende"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "quälende" is [ˈkvɛːləndə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "quälende" come from?
"quälende" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “quälende”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is Q-U-Ä-L-E-N-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈkvɛːləndə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list