kvarts
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Danish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From German Quarz, from Middle High German twarc, probably a Slavic loanword, compare Polish twardy (“hard”), Czech tvrdý (“hard”), from Proto-Slavic *tvьrdъ.
Noun
kvarts c (singular definite kvartsen, plural indefinite kvartser)
Declension
Declension of kvarts
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | kvarts | kvartsen | kvartser | kvartserne |
| genitive | kvarts' | kvartsens | kvartsers | kvartsernes |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “kvarts” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology 2
Noun
kvarts
Estonian
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
kvarts (genitive kvartsi, partitive kvartsi)
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “kvarts”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
Faroese
Etymology
From German Quarz, from Middle High German twarc.
Noun
kvarts n (genitive singular kvarts, uncountable)
Declension
| n11-s | singular | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | kvarts | kvartsið |
| accusative | kvarts | kvartsið |
| dative | kvartsi | kvartsinum |
| genitive | kvarts | kvartsins |
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Noun
kvarts m (definite singular kvartsen)
Derived terms
References
- “kvarts” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Noun
kvarts m (definite singular kvartsen)
Derived terms
References
- “kvarts” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology 1
Borrowed from German Quarz. First attested in 1745.[1]
Noun
kvarts c
Declension
Declension of kvarts
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
kvarts
- 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
- ^ kvarts in Svensk ordbok.
- kvart in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- kvarts in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- kvarts in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- kvart in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- Svensk MeSH
- kvarts in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)