quer
German, adjective/kveːɐ̯/
quer is spelled Q-U-E-R (4 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written German, the 4,114th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quer is a German adjective meaning “crosswise, cross” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does quer mean in English?
adjective
- 1
crosswise, cross
adverb
- 1
crosswise, across
Das Blut transportiert die Nährstoffe quer durch den Körper.
prefix
- 1
Separable prefix that denotes a physical diagonal direction of the verb.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. schräg, von der einen zur anderen Seite 2. querformatig, liegend, waagerecht, horizontal
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 quer
- querer masculine nominative singular
- quere feminine nominative singular
- queres neuter nominative singular
- queren genitive masculine singular
- querem dative masculine singular
- der quere definite includes-article masculine
- die quere definite feminine includes-article
- das quere definite includes-article neuter
- die queren definite includes-article nominative
- des queren definite genitive includes-article
- der queren definite feminine genitive
- dem queren dative definite includes-article
- den queren dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quer?
- /kveːɐ̯/
- [kveːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to quer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is quer in German?
quer appears 19 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).