quittieren
[kvɪˈtiːʁən]
The verdict
“quittieren” is an uncommon German word, ranked #61,852 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #61,852
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - einen Empfangsbeleg (Quittung) unterschreiben
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quittieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kvɪˈtiːʁən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #61,852 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “quittieren” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for quittieren is 10 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kvɪˈtiːʁən]. Corpus data places it at rank #61,852 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
quittieren has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is quittieren, spelled Q-U-I-T-T-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1einen Empfangsbeleg (Quittung) unterschreiben
- 2eine bestimmte Reaktion auf etwas zeigen
- 3den Dienst kündigen; ein (offizielles) Amt niederlegen
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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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Using “quittieren”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Q-U-I-T-T-I-E-R-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kvɪˈtiːʁən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.