Quetzal
German, noun[kɛˈtsal]
Quetzal is spelled Q-U-E-T-Z-A-L (7 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written German, the 214,094th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quetzal is a German masculine noun meaning “quetzal (bird)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “grün- und scharlachrot gefärbter Vogel aus der Familie der Trogone”.
What does Quetzal mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinequetzal (bird)
noun
- 1
masculinequetzal (monetary unit)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. grün- und scharlachrot gefärbter Vogel aus der Familie der Trogone
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 Quetzal
- Quetzals genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Quetzal?
- [kɛˈtsal]
- [kɛˈt͡sal]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Quetzal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Quetzal in German?
Quetzal appears about once in every 15 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).