Quengelware
German, noun/ˈkvɛŋəlˌvaːʁə/
Quengelware is spelled Q-U-E-N-G-E-L-W-A-R-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 78 million words in written German, the 549,996th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quengelware is a German feminine noun meaning “Items displayed at the checkout lane of a supermarket or other store, intended to encourage impulse purchases, especially by customers with…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “an einer Supermarktkasse platzierte Produkte, meist Süßigkeiten, die Kinder zum Kaufwunsch verleiten sollen”.
What does Quengelware mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineItems displayed at the checkout lane of a supermarket or other store, intended to encourage impulse purchases, especially by customers with pestering children.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. an einer Supermarktkasse platzierte Produkte, meist Süßigkeiten, die Kinder zum Kaufwunsch verleiten sollen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Quengelware
- Quengelwaren plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Quengelware?
- /ˈkvɛŋəlˌvaːʁə/
- [ˈkvɛŋl̩ˌvaːʁə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Quengelware in German?
Quengelware appears about once in every 78 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).