quin

/[kwin]/ unknown

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#67,614

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

quin is anGermanunknown. It means: Akkusativ Plural des Relativpronomens qua Pronounced [kwin].

Key facts for quin
PropertyValue
Headwordquin
LanguageGerman
Part of speechUnknown
IPA[kwin]
Letters4
Frequency rank#67,614
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of quin in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for quin is 4 letters long, classified as anunknown, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kwin]. Corpus data places it at rank #67,614 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Akkusativ Plural des Relativpronomens qua".

No misspelling variants are generated for quin in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is quin, spelled Q-U-I-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

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    Akkusativ Plural des Relativpronomens qua

Frequency rank: #67,614 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "quin"?
"quin" is spelled Q-U-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is [kwin].
What does "quin" mean?
As an unknown, "quin" means: Akkusativ Plural des Relativpronomens qua
How do you pronounce "quin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "quin" is [kwin]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "quin" come from?
"quin" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.