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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. 1

    crosswise, cross

adverb

  1. 1

    crosswise, across

    Das Blut transportiert die Nährstoffe quer durch den Körper.

prefix

as quer-
  1. 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).

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