Quaste
[ˈkvastə]
The verdict
“Quaste” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faden- oder Schnurbündel, das am oberen Ende zusammengebunden ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-quaste · Quaste · German
Quaste · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 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 | Quaste |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkvastə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Quaste“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Quaste is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkvastə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Quaste has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Quaste, spelled Q-U-A-S-T-E.
Definition
- 1Faden- oder Schnurbündel, das am oberen Ende zusammengebunden ist
- 2besonders großer Pinsel zum großflächigen Auftragen von zum Beispiel Kleister
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Quaste appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
An Plüschsofas findet man oft Quasten.
„Sein Gebetsschal war verrutscht, die eine Quaste hing höher als die andere.“
Synonyms
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.