querfeldein
[kveːɐ̯fɛltˈʔaɪ̯n]
The verdict
“querfeldein” is uncommon German (frequency #82,015 among 216 “Q” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,015
- frequency rank, German
- 216
- “Q” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mitten durch das Gelände
Corpus desk
Index DE-querfeldein · querfeldein · German
querfeldein · rank #82,015 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,015
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 216
- PHOTO-FINISH Quinte
Nearest frequency peer: Quinte (+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 „querfeldein“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Punktspielen
Punktspielen
17,990 corpus weight
- Qigong
Qigong
17,989 corpus weight
- querfeldein
querfeldein
17,986 corpus weight
- Quinte
Quinte
17,985 corpus weight
- quotes
quotes
17,984 corpus weight
- radikalisie…
radikalisierten
17,982 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „querfeldein“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | querfeldein |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [kveːɐ̯fɛltˈʔaɪ̯n] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #82,015 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „querfeldein“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
querfeldein is uncommon German at frequency #82,015 among 216 “Q” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed [kveːɐ̯fɛltˈʔaɪ̯n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mitten durch das Gelände".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for querfeldein, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is querfeldein, spelled Q-U-E-R-F-E-L-D-E-I-N.
Definition
- 1mitten durch das Gelände
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how querfeldein appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Als meine Frau in den Wehen lag, bin ich querfeldein zum Arzt gefahren.
„Sie hatten die Attacke querfeldein geführt, waren durch Maschinengewehrfeuer von der tief gelegenen Straße und den Bauernhäusern her aufgehalten worden, waren dann im Ort auf keinerlei Widerstand gestoßen und hatten das Flussufer erreicht.“
Synonyms
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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