Quinquennium
[kvɪŋˈkvɛni̯ʊm]
The verdict
“Quinquennium” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - fünf Jahre umfassender Zeitraum
Corpus desk
Index DE-quinquennium · Quinquennium · German
Quinquennium · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Q" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Quinquennium |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kvɪŋˈkvɛni̯ʊm] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Quinquennium“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Quinquennium is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kvɪŋˈkvɛni̯ʊm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "fünf Jahre umfassender Zeitraum".
Zero misspellings are on record for Quinquennium in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Quinquennium, spelled Q-U-I-N-Q-U-E-N-N-I-U-M.
Definition
- 1fünf Jahre umfassender Zeitraum
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Quinquennium appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Zahl der Arbeitslosen ist im letzten Quinquennium stark angestiegen.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.