Quarz

See also: quarz

German

Etymology

From Middle High German quarz (14th c., Bohemia), probably with the Central German development tw- → qu- (as in quer etc.) from a West Slavic language (compare Czech tvrdý, Polish twardy), from Proto-Slavic *tvьrdъ (“hard”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kvaːrts/, [kʋaːʁt͡s], [kʋaːɐ̯ts], [kʋaːt͡s]

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Noun

Quarz m (strong, genitive Quarzes, plural Quarze)

1. quartz

Declension

Declension of Quarz [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Quarz	die	Quarze
genitive	eines	des	Quarzes	der	Quarze
dative	einem	dem	Quarz, Quarze1	den	Quarzen
accusative	einen	den	Quarz	die	Quarze

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Leuchtquarz
• Milchquarz
• Naturquarz
• Präzisionsquarz
• Quarzbedarf
• Quarzelement
• Quarzfilter
• Quarzgang
• quarzgesteuert
• Quarzglas
• quarzhältig
• quarzhaltig
• quarzig
• Quarzindustrie
• Quarzit
• Quarzkristall
• Quarzoszillator
• Quarzporphyr
• Quarzresonator
• Quarzröhrchen
• Quarzsand
• Quarzscheibe
• Quarzschnitt
• Quarzschwinger
• Quarzshalter
• Quarzstabilisierung
• Quarzsteuerung
• Quarztechnologie
• Quarzuhr
• Rauchquarz
• Rohquarz
• Rosenquarz
• Schwingquarz
• Stimmgabelquarz

 

Descendants

• → Belarusian: кварц (kvarc)
• → Bulgarian: кварц (kvarc)
• → Danish: kvarts
• → Dutch: kwarts
  • Afrikaans: kwarts
• → English: quartz
  • → Malay: kuarza
• → Estonian: kvarts
• → Faroese: kvarts
• → Finnish: kvartsi
• → French: quartz (see there for further descendants)
• → Galician: cuarzo
• → Georgian: კვარცი (ḳvarci)
• → Hungarian: kvarc
• → Italian: quarzo
• → Macedonian: кварц (kvarc)
• → Northern Sami: kvárca
• → Norwegian Bokmål: kvarts
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: kvarts
• → Polish: kwarc
• → Portuguese: quartzo
• → Russian: кварц (kvarc) (see there for further descendants)
• → Serbo-Croatian: kvȁrc, ква̏рц
• → Slovak: kvarc
• → Spanish: cuarzo
• → Swedish: kvarts
• → Ukrainian: кварц (kvarc)

Further reading

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

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwat͡s/

Noun

Quarz m (plural Quarz)

1. quartz

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary