kvarts

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Danish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From German Quarz, from Middle High German twarc, probably a Slavic loanword, compare Polish twardy (hard), Czech tvrdý (hard), from Proto-Slavic *tvьrdъ.

Noun[edit]

kvarts c (singular definite kvartsen, plural indefinite kvartser)

  1. quartz
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Further reading[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From German Quarz.

Noun[edit]

kvarts

  1. genitive singular of kvart

Estonian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun[edit]

kvarts (genitive kvartsi, partitive kvartsi)

  1. (mineralogy) quartz

Declension[edit]

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • kvarts”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Faroese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From German Quarz, from Middle High German twarc.

Noun[edit]

kvarts n (genitive singular kvarts, uncountable)

  1. (mineralogy) quartz

Declension[edit]

n11s Singular
Indefinite Definite
Nominative kvarts kvartsið
Accusative kvarts kvartsið
Dative kvartsi kvartsinum
Genitive kvarts kvartsins

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

From German Quarz.

Noun[edit]

kvarts m (definite singular kvartsen)

  1. (mineralogy) quartz

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

From German Quarz.

Noun[edit]

kvarts m (definite singular kvartsen)

  1. (mineralogy) quartz

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Swedish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from German Quarz. First attested in 1745.[1]

Noun[edit]

kvarts c

  1. quartz
Declension[edit]
Declension of kvarts 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative kvarts kvartsen kvartser kvartserna
Genitive kvarts kvartsens kvartsers kvartsernas
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Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

kvarts

  1. indefinite genitive singular of kvart; normally used to describe a quarter (one of four equal parts) of something
    Finlands huvudstad har en och en kvarts miljon invånare.
    The capital city of Finland has one and a quarter-million inhabitants.

References[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • kvarts in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)