quälten

[ˈkvɛːltn̩]

/[ˈkvɛːltn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“quälten” is uncommon German (frequency #86,950 among 216 “Q” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,950
frequency rank, German
216
“Q” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs quälen

Corpus desk

Index DE-qualten · quälten · German

quälten · rank #86,950 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,950
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 216
  • PHOTO-FINISH Radprofi

Nearest frequency peer: Radprofi (+2 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 „quälten“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for quälten
PropertyValue
Headwordquälten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈkvɛːltn̩]
Letters7
Frequency rank#86,950
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „quälten“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Radprofi“ (#86,952), „quand“ (#86,947), „Pächtern“ (#86,946). Unter 216 „Q“-Lemmata liegt „quälten“ bei #86,950. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

quälten is uncommon German at frequency #86,950 among 216 “Q” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈkvɛːltn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for quälten in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is quälten, spelled Q-U-Ä-L-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs quälen
  2. 2
    1. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs quälen
  3. 3
    3. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs quälen
  4. 4
    3. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs quälen

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 "quälten"?
"quälten" is spelled Q-U-Ä-L-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkvɛːltn̩].
What does "quälten" mean?
As a verb, "quälten" means: 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs quälen
How do you pronounce "quälten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "quälten" is [ˈkvɛːltn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "quälten" come from?
"quälten" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

removed#86,972Prismen#86,924Pranken#86,918postdoc#86,915

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list