Quargel

German

Etymology

With the Central German development tw- → qu- (see quer) from late Middle High German twarc, from a West Slavic language (compare Polish twaróg), from Proto-Slavic *tvarogъ. Compare tvarůžek, plural tvarůžky. Doublet of Quark.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kvaːɡl̩/

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Noun

Quargel m (strong or mixed, genitive Quargels, plural Quargel or Quargeln)

1. (Austria) a kind of ripened soft cheese made from sour milk with a strong scent, distinctive pungent taste and yellowish colour, Olomouc cheese
2. (Austria, informal) nonsense, rubbish, baloney

   Synonyms: Unsinn, Quatsch, Kappes, Topfen, Quark

Declension

Declension of Quargel [masculine, strong // mixed]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Quargel	die	Quargel, Quargeln
genitive	eines	des	Quargeles, Quargels	der	Quargel, Quargeln
dative	einem	dem	Quargel, Quargele1	den	Quargeln
accusative	einen	den	Quargel	die	Quargel, Quargeln

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• “Quargel” in Duden online
• “Quargel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache