quarzen
[ˈkvaʁt͡sn̩]
The verdict
“quarzen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Zigarette oder andere Tabakware rauchen
Corpus desk
Index DE-quarzen · quarzen · German
quarzen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Q" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quarzen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈkvaʁt͡sn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „quarzen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
quarzen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈkvaʁt͡sn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Zigarette oder andere Tabakware rauchen".
quarzen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is quarzen, spelled Q-U-A-R-Z-E-N.
Definition
- 1eine Zigarette oder andere Tabakware rauchen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how quarzen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die zwei haben den ganzen Abend eine Zigarette nach der anderen gequarzt.
„Justus aber war vollkommen ungenießbar, wenn er vor dem Aufstehen nicht mindestens zwei, drei Glimmstengel quarzen konnte.“
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.