Querbinder
[ˈkveːɐ̯ˌbɪndɐ]
The verdict
“Querbinder” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - um den Hals gebundene Schleife als Accessoire (besonders bei feierlichen Anlässen zu einem Anzug/Smoking getragen)
Corpus desk
Index DE-querbinder · Querbinder · German
Querbinder · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Querbinder |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkveːɐ̯ˌbɪndɐ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Querbinder“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Querbinder is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkveːɐ̯ˌbɪndɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "um den Hals gebundene Schleife als Accessoire (besonders bei feierlichen Anlässen zu einem Anzug/Smoking getragen)".
Querbinder doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Querbinder, spelled Q-U-E-R-B-I-N-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1um den Hals gebundene Schleife als Accessoire (besonders bei feierlichen Anlässen zu einem Anzug/Smoking getragen)
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Querbinder appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Bei den Architekten gehört der Querbinder zur Uniform, vielleicht weil sich der baumelnde Schlips bei der Bauinspektion gern in der Betonmischmaschine verfängt.“
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.