Quitten

[ˈkvɪtn̩]

/[ˈkvɪtn̩]/ noun

The verdict

“Quitten” is uncommon German (frequency #74,980 among 216 “Q” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,980
frequency rank, German
216
“Q” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Quitte

Corpus desk

Index DE-quitten · Quitten · German

Quitten · rank #74,980 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #74,980
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 216
  • PHOTO-FINISH quantifizieren

Nearest frequency peer: quantifizieren (-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 „Quitten“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Quitten“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Quitten
PropertyValue
HeadwordQuitten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkvɪtn̩]
Letters7
Frequency rank#74,980
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Quitten“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Quittenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „quantifizieren“ (#74,979), „Puppenhaus“ (#74,977), „prämierte“ (#74,975). Unter 216 „Q“-Lemmata liegt „Quitten“ bei #74,980. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Quitten is uncommon German at frequency #74,980 among 216 “Q” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkvɪtn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Quitten, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Quitten, spelled Q-U-I-T-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Quitte
  2. 2
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Quitte
  3. 3
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Quitte
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Quitte

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Quitten"?
"Quitten" is spelled Q-U-I-T-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkvɪtn̩].
What does "Quitten" mean?
As a noun, "Quitten" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Quitte
How do you pronounce "Quitten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Quitten" is [ˈkvɪtn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Quitten" come from?
"Quitten" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Quitten", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list