Quentchen
German, noun/ˈkvɛntçən/
Quentchen is spelled Q-U-E-N-T-C-H-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 138,538th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quentchen is a German neuter noun meaning “a quarter of a lot (in German known as Lot)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “alte Gewichtseinheit, altes Handelsgewicht, das dem vierten Teil eines Lots entspricht”.
What does Quentchen mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutera quarter of a lot (in German known as Lot)
- 2
archaicneuterFormerly standard spelling of Quäntchen which was deprecated in the spelling reform (Rechtschreibreform) of 1996.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. alte Gewichtseinheit, altes Handelsgewicht, das dem vierten Teil eines Lots entspricht
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 Quentchen
- Quentchens genitive
- Quentin variant
- Quintlein variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Quentchen?
- /ˈkvɛntçən/
- [ˈkvɛntçən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Quentchen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Quentchen in German?
Quentchen appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).