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German
Etymology
From Middle High German quecsilber (also kecsilber), from Old High German quecsilbar. Compare Dutch kwikzilver, Low German Quicksülver, English quicksilver. In this word survives the Central German form with qu-, otherwise displaced by keck (see there).
Pronunciation
Noun
Quecksilber n (strong, genitive Quecksilbers, no plural)
- mercury (chemical element, Hg)
Declension
Declension of Quecksilber
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