quittieren

[kvɪˈtiːʁən]

/[kvɪˈtiːʁən]/ verb

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The verdict

“quittieren” is uncommon German (frequency #61,852 among 216 “Q” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,852
frequency rank, German
216
“Q” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einen Empfangsbeleg (Quittung) unterschreiben

Corpus desk

Index DE-quittieren · quittieren · German

quittieren · rank #61,852 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,852
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 216
  • PHOTO-FINISH Querung

Nearest frequency peer: Querung (-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 „quittieren“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for quittieren
PropertyValue
Headwordquittieren
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[kvɪˈtiːʁən]
Letters10
Frequency rank#61,852
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „quittieren“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).quittierenfällt 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: „Querung“ (#61,851), „punto“ (#61,850), „Randgruppen“ (#61,854). Unter 216 „Q“-Lemmata liegt „quittieren“ bei #61,852. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

quittieren is uncommon German at frequency #61,852 among 216 “Q” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [kvɪˈtiːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

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

  1. 1
    einen Empfangsbeleg (Quittung) unterschreiben
  2. 2
    eine bestimmte Reaktion auf etwas zeigen
  3. 3
    den Dienst kündigen; ein (offizielles) Amt niederlegen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how quittieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Mit seiner Unterschrift quittierte er den Erhalt der vereinbarten Miete.
  2. Seine naive Frage quittierte sie mit einem Lächeln.

Synonyms

bestätigenantwortenkündigen

Antonyms

eintreten

This word in other languages

acquitter(Français)

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 "quittieren"?
"quittieren" is spelled Q-U-I-T-T-I-E-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [kvɪˈtiːʁən].
What does "quittieren" mean?
As a verb, "quittieren" means: einen Empfangsbeleg (Quittung) unterschreiben
How do you pronounce "quittieren"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "quittieren" is [kvɪˈtiːʁən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "quittieren" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

rebellisch#61,858Privathaus#61,838remastered#61,869Revisionen#61,875

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list