Qualm
German, noun/kvalm/
Qualm is spelled Q-U-A-L-M (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 40,460th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Qualm is a German masculine noun meaning “smoke, particularly when very dense or regarded as unpleasant; fume” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “(als unangenehm empfundener) von einem Feuer aufsteigender dichter, quellender Rauch”.
What does Qualm mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesmoke, particularly when very dense or regarded as unpleasant; fume
beißender, dichter, dicker, weißer, schwarzer Qualm
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (als unangenehm empfundener) von einem Feuer aufsteigender dichter, quellender Rauch
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 Qualm
- Qualmes genitive
- Qualms genitive
- Qualme dative singular
- Kwalm alternative archaic rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Qualm?
- /kvalm/
- [kʋalm]
- [kv̥alm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Qualm
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Qualm in German?
Qualm appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).