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)

  1. quartz
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

Etymology 2

From German Quarz.

Noun

kvarts

  1. genitive singular of kvart

Estonian

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Etymology

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Noun

kvarts (genitive kvartsi, partitive kvartsi)

  1. (mineralogy) quartz

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)

  1. (mineralogy) quartz

Declension

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

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From German Quarz.

Noun

kvarts m (definite singular kvartsen)

  1. (mineralogy) quartz

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Wikipedia nn

Etymology

From German Quarz.

Noun

kvarts m (definite singular kvartsen)

  1. (mineralogy) quartz

Derived terms

References

Swedish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Quarz. First attested in 1745.

Noun

kvarts c

  1. quartz
Declension
Declension of kvarts 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative kvarts kvartsen kvartser kvartserna
Genitive kvarts kvartsens kvartsers kvartsernas
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

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

  1. ^ kvarts in Svensk ordbok.

Further reading

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