Querstrich
German, noun/ˈkveːɐ̯ˌʃtʁɪç/
Querstrich is spelled Q-U-E-R-S-T-R-I-C-H (10 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written German, the 179,801st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Querstrich is a German masculine noun meaning “horizontal line (a dash, a horizontal bar, a transversal bar etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “waagrechter, quer verlaufender Strich”.
What does Querstrich mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehorizontal line (a dash, a horizontal bar, a transversal bar etc.)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. waagrechter, quer verlaufender Strich
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 Querstrich
- Querstriches genitive
- Querstrichs genitive
- Querstriche plural
- Querstrichen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Querstrich?
- /ˈkveːɐ̯ˌʃtʁɪç/
- [ˈkveːɐ̯ˌʃtʁɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Querstrich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Querstrich in German?
Querstrich appears about once in every 11 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).