Quitte

/[ˈkvɪtə]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#77,215

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Quitte is aGermannoun. It means: 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... Pronounced [ˈkvɪtə].

Key facts for Quitte
PropertyValue
HeadwordQuitte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkvɪtə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#77,215
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Quitte is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkvɪtə]. Corpus data places it at rank #77,215 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for Quitte in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.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 Quitte, spelled Q-U-I-T-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    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 vergleichbar sind —, ein charakteristisches Aroma besitzen
  2. 2
    Frucht von dem unter [1] beschriebenen Strauch oder Obstbaum

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #77,215 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Quitte"?
"Quitte" is spelled Q-U-I-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkvɪtə].
What does "Quitte" mean?
As a noun, "Quitte" means: 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...
How do you pronounce "Quitte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Quitte" is [ˈkvɪtə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Quitte" come from?
"Quitte" 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.