-que

[-kvɛ]

/[-kvɛ]/ suffix

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The verdict

“-que” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a suffix. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
4
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - und

Corpus desk

Index DE-que · -que · German

-que · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "-" 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.

Key facts for -que
PropertyValue
Headword-que
LanguageGerman
Part of speechSuffix
IPA[-kvɛ]
Letters4
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “-que” sits in German frequency

-que falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

-que is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as asuffix, transcribed [-kvɛ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "und".

-que 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, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is -que, spelled --Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    und

Synonyms

et

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "-que"?
"-que" is spelled --Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is [-kvɛ].
What does "-que" mean?
As a suffix, "-que" means: und
How do you pronounce "-que"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "-que" is [-kvɛ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "-que" come from?
"-que" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list