Querschnitt
German, noun/ˈkveːɐ̯ˌʃnɪt/
Querschnitt is spelled Q-U-E-R-S-C-H-N-I-T-T (11 letters) and appears 3.9 times per million words in written German, the 14,778th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Querschnitt is a German masculine noun meaning “profile” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ebener Schnitt eines Körpers im Winkel von 90° zu dessen Längsachse”.
What does Querschnitt mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineprofile
- 2
masculinecross section
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ebener Schnitt eines Körpers im Winkel von 90° zu dessen Längsachse 2. möglichst repräsentative Auswahl/Zusammenfassung aus einer Gesamtheit
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 Querschnitt
- Querschnittes genitive
- Querschnitts genitive
- Querschnitte plural
- Querschnitten dative definite plural
- Q abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Querschnitt?
- /ˈkveːɐ̯ˌʃnɪt/
- [ˈkveːɐ̯ˌʃnɪt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Querschnitt in German?
Querschnitt appears 3.9 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).