Quinte
German, noun/ˈkvɪntə/
Quinte is spelled Q-U-I-N-T-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 81,387th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quinte is a German feminine noun meaning “A fifth; an interval of six (kleine Quinte, diminished fifth) or seven (große Quinte, perfect fifth) semitones” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “fünfte Stufe einer diatonischen Tonfolge”.
What does Quinte mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineA fifth; an interval of six (kleine Quinte, diminished fifth) or seven (große Quinte, perfect fifth) semitones.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. fünfte Stufe einer diatonischen Tonfolge 2. Intervall, das 5 Töne der diatonischen Tonleiter umspannt
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 Quinte
- Quinten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Quinte?
- /ˈkvɪntə/
- [ˈkvɪntə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Quinte
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Quinte in German?
Quinte appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).