Querschläger
[ˈkveːɐ̯ˌʃlɛːɡɐ]
The verdict
“Querschläger” is uncommon German (frequency #77,213 among 216 “Q” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,213
- frequency rank, German
- 216
- “Q” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Geschoss, das durch Abprallen an einem anderen Gegenstand unkontrolliert durch die Gegend fliegt
Corpus desk
Index DE-querschlager · Querschläger · German
Querschläger · rank #77,213 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,213
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 216
- PHOTO-FINISH Quartale
Nearest frequency peer: Quartale (-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 „Querschläger“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- qkm
qkm
22,791 corpus weight
- Qualitätsme…
Qualitätsmedien
22,790 corpus weight
- Quartale
Quartale
22,789 corpus weight
- Querschläger
Querschläger
22,788 corpus weight
- Quitte
Quitte
22,786 corpus weight
- radikales
radikales
22,785 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Querschläger“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Querschläger |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkveːɐ̯ˌʃlɛːɡɐ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #77,213 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Querschläger“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Querschläger is uncommon German at frequency #77,213 among 216 “Q” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkveːɐ̯ˌʃlɛːɡɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Querschläger in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Querschläger, spelled Q-U-E-R-S-C-H-L-Ä-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1ein Geschoss, das durch Abprallen an einem anderen Gegenstand unkontrolliert durch die Gegend fliegt
- 2eine Person, die sich Anordnungen hartnäckig widersetzt oder diese bewusst unterläuft
- 3derjenige Bergmann, der Gestein löst
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Querschläger appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er wurde von einem Querschläger getroffen und musste zur Behandlung ins Krankenhaus.
„Wir stehen hinter der Grabenwand und lauern, Gewehrkugeln spritzen lichtzuckend in die Erde, Querschläger surren, Leuchtkugeln entfalten sich, schweben mit weißfahlem Schein über den Drahtverhauen, alle Geräusche vermischen sich mit den Stimmen der Nacht.“
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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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