Quitte
[ˈkvɪtə]
The verdict
“Quitte” is uncommon German (frequency #77,215 among 216 “Q” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,215
- frequency rank, German
- 216
- “Q” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Strauch oder Obstbaum , dessen Blüten rötlich weiß blühen und dessen grünlich gelben bis hellgelben, sehr harten Früchte, — die in der äußeren Gestalt, je nach Sorte, mit Äpfeln oder Birnen verglei...
Corpus desk
Index DE-quitte · Quitte · German
Quitte · rank #77,215 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,215
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 216
- PHOTO-FINISH radikales
Nearest frequency peer: radikales (+1 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Quitte“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- qkm
qkm
22,791 corpus weight
- Qualitätsme…
Qualitätsmedien
22,790 corpus weight
- Quartale
Quartale
22,789 corpus weight
- Querschläger
Querschläger
22,788 corpus weight
- Quitte
Quitte
22,786 corpus weight
- radikales
radikales
22,785 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Quitte“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Quitte |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkvɪtə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #77,215 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Quitte“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Quitte is uncommon German at frequency #77,215 among 216 “Q” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkvɪtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Quitte in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Quitte, spelled Q-U-I-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Strauch oder Obstbaum , dessen Blüten rötlich weiß blühen und dessen grünlich gelben bis hellgelben, sehr harten Früchte, — die in der äußeren Gestalt, je nach Sorte, mit Äpfeln oder Birnen vergleichbar sind —, ein charakteristisches Aroma besitzen
- 2Frucht von dem unter [1] beschriebenen Strauch oder Obstbaum
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Quitte appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Quitten blühen.
In Armenien und dem Iran, wo es heute noch die meisten Sorten gibt, wächst die Quitte wild.
Synonyms
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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