Quentchen
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German
Etymology
From Quent + -chen, from Medieval Latin quentinus, from quīntus (“fifth”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Quentchen n (strong, genitive Quentchens, plural Quentchen)
- (historical) a quarter of a lot (in German known as Lot)
- 1800, Johann Georg Krünitz, Oeconomische Encyclopädie oder allgemeines System der Staats-Stadt-Haus-u. Landwirthschaft, in alphabetischer Ordnung, page 558:
- Man nimmt zwey und eine halbe Unze gereinigte Aloe (aloé succotrina), eine halbe Unze Myrrhe, zwey Quentchen Safran, vier und zwanzig Gran Zimmt, eben so viel Gewürznelken, und eben so viel Muskatennuß, stößt diese Dinge zu Pulver […]
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- Formerly standard spelling of Quäntchen which was deprecated in the spelling reform (Rechtschreibreform) of 1996 .
- 2018 May 16, Wenke Husmann, “Das ist keine Filmbesprechung”, in Die Zeit:
- Jedenfalls fehlt ihm am Ende auf der Leinwand die Chuzpe und vielleicht auch das glückliche Quentchen optische Unperfektheit, die Ford so erfolgreich machten.
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Declension
Declension of Quentchen
See also
Further reading
- “Quentchen” in Duden online
Quentchen on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
