quasseln
[ˈkvasl̩n]
The verdict
“quasseln” is uncommon German (frequency #88,168 among 216 “Q” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,168
- frequency rank, German
- 216
- “Q” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - viel und gern – vor allem über Unwichtiges oder Dummes – reden
Corpus desk
Index DE-quasseln · quasseln · German
quasseln · rank #88,168 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,168
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 216
- PHOTO-FINISH Pädagoginnen
Nearest frequency peer: Pädagoginnen (-3 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 „quasseln“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- PVV
PVV
11,839 corpus weight
- Pygmäen
Pygmäen
11,838 corpus weight
- Pädagoginnen
Pädagoginnen
11,836 corpus weight
- quasseln
quasseln
11,833 corpus weight
- Radiosenders
Radiosenders
11,830 corpus weight
- Rammbock
Rammbock
11,827 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „quasseln“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quasseln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈkvasl̩n] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #88,168 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „quasseln“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
quasseln is uncommon German at frequency #88,168 among 216 “Q” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈkvasl̩n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "viel und gern – vor allem über Unwichtiges oder Dummes – reden".
No generated misspelling entries exist for quasseln in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 quasseln, spelled Q-U-A-S-S-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1viel und gern – vor allem über Unwichtiges oder Dummes – reden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how quasseln appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Meine Alte quasselt schon den ganzen Nachmittag am Telefon.
„Gib ́s zu, nach dem Besuch bei der alten Frau Henze hast du deinen Mund nicht halten können! Versuch dich mal zu erinnern, mit wem du gequasselt hast!“
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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