Quappe
German, noun/ˈkva.pə/
Quappe is spelled Q-U-A-P-P-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written German, the 271,406th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quappe is a German feminine noun meaning “burbot, Lota lota” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “einziger Fisch aus der Ordnung der Dorschartigen, der ausschließlich im Süß- oder Brackwasser vorkommt”.
What does Quappe mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineburbot, Lota lota
- 2
feminineellipsis of Kaulquappe (“tadpole”) (of an amphibian)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. einziger Fisch aus der Ordnung der Dorschartigen, der ausschließlich im Süß- oder Brackwasser vorkommt 2. Larve eines Lurchs (meist Kaulquappe)
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 Quappe
- Quappen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Quappe?
- /ˈkva.pə/
- [ˈkvapə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Quappe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Quappe in German?
Quappe appears about once in every 22 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).