Querdenker
[ˈkveːɐ̯ˌdɛŋkɐ]
The verdict
“Querdenker” is uncommon German (frequency #63,674 among 216 “Q” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,674
- frequency rank, German
- 216
- “Q” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die sich in ihrem Denken nicht an die üblichen Denkweisen hält
Corpus desk
Index DE-querdenker · Querdenker · German
Querdenker · rank #63,674 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,674
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 216
- PHOTO-FINISH päpstlicher
Nearest frequency peer: päpstlicher (-1 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Querdenker“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- pusch
pusch
36,330 corpus weight
- pädophil
pädophil
36,329 corpus weight
- päpstlicher
päpstlicher
36,328 corpus weight
- Querdenker
Querdenker
36,327 corpus weight
- Quickie
Quickie
36,326 corpus weight
- Rab
Rab
36,324 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Querdenker“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Querdenker |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkveːɐ̯ˌdɛŋkɐ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #63,674 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Querdenker“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Querdenker is uncommon German at frequency #63,674 among 216 “Q” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkveːɐ̯ˌdɛŋkɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Querdenker in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Querdenker, spelled Q-U-E-R-D-E-N-K-E-R.
Definition
- 1Person, die sich in ihrem Denken nicht an die üblichen Denkweisen hält
- 2Person, die Maßnahmen des Staates zur Bekämpfung der Coronapandemie ablehnt und die sich dabei überwiegend auf Informationen beruft, die von Experten als falsch oder zu stark vereinfachend eingestuft werden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Querdenker appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er war uns schon immer als Querdenker aufgefallen.
„Der Verfasser ließ keinen Zweifel daran aufkommen, daß eine Nation ohne Querdenker ebenso verarmen würde.“
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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