qualmen

[ˈkvalmən]

/[ˈkvalmən]/ verb

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The verdict

“qualmen” is uncommon German (frequency #72,845 among 216 “Q” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,845
frequency rank, German
216
“Q” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - durch Verbrennung Qualm erzeugen und abgeben

Corpus desk

Index DE-qualmen · qualmen · German

qualmen · rank #72,845 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,845
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 216
  • PHOTO-FINISH Pöbeleien

Nearest frequency peer: Pöbeleien (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „qualmen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „qualmen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for qualmen
PropertyValue
Headwordqualmen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈkvalmən]
Letters7
Frequency rank#72,845
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „qualmen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).qualmenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Pöbeleien“ (#72,844), „quam“ (#72,846), „quercus“ (#72,847). Unter 216 „Q“-Lemmata liegt „qualmen“ bei #72,845. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

qualmen is uncommon German at frequency #72,845 among 216 “Q” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈkvalmən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

qualmen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is qualmen, spelled Q-U-A-L-M-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    durch Verbrennung Qualm erzeugen und abgeben
  2. 2
    eine Zigarette rauchen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how qualmen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Unser Grill qualmt ganz schön.
  2. In den beiden Öfen leuchtet die Glut. Es qualmt gewaltig.

Synonyms

dampfenrauchenschwelenrauchenschlotenschmauchenpaffenpiefenquarzensmokenschmöken

This word in other languages

fume(English)humear(Español)fumer(Français)

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 "qualmen"?
"qualmen" is spelled Q-U-A-L-M-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkvalmən].
What does "qualmen" mean?
As a verb, "qualmen" means: durch Verbrennung Qualm erzeugen und abgeben
How do you pronounce "qualmen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "qualmen" is [ˈkvalmən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "qualmen" come from?
"qualmen" 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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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "qualmen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

quercus#72,847Politur#72,815podemos#72,814platine#72,812

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list