verquer
German, adjective[fɛɐ̯ˈkveːɐ̯]
verquer is spelled V-E-R-Q-U-E-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written German, the 177,389th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verquer is a German adjective meaning “sideways, askew, crooked (positioned out of alignment in a way that is wrong)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “auf eine gewisse Art (leicht) falsch stehend, angeordnet”.
What does verquer mean in English?
adjective
- 1
sideways, askew, crooked (positioned out of alignment in a way that is wrong)
- 2
strange, odd
- 3
derogatoryinformalnonsensical, absurd (of reasoning, arguments, etc.)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. auf eine gewisse Art (leicht) falsch stehend, angeordnet 2. in einer gewissen Art, die einem seltsam, unüblich erscheint
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of verquer
- verquerer masculine nominative singular
- am verquersten superlative
- verquere feminine nominative singular
- verqueres neuter nominative singular
- verqueren genitive masculine singular
- verquerem dative masculine singular
- der verquere definite includes-article masculine
- die verquere definite feminine includes-article
- das verquere definite includes-article neuter
- die verqueren definite includes-article nominative
- des verqueren definite genitive includes-article
- der verqueren definite feminine genitive
- dem verqueren dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce verquer?
- [fɛɐ̯ˈkveːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is verquer in German?
verquer appears about once in every 11 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).