Quecke
[ˈkvɛkə]
The verdict
“Quecke” 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) - Wildkraut aus der Familie der Süßgräser
Corpus desk
Index DE-quecke · Quecke · German
Quecke · 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 | Quecke |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkvɛkə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Quecke“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Quecke is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkvɛkə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Wildkraut aus der Familie der Süßgräser".
Quecke has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Quecke, spelled Q-U-E-C-K-E.
Definition
- 1Wildkraut aus der Familie der Süßgräser
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Quecke appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Weg war von Quecken bewuchert.
„Die Quecke durchzieht den Boden mit meterlangen Ausläufern.“
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.