quitt

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German quī̆t (“released, unencumbered, free”); derived from Latin quietare. Cognate with Dutch kwijt, English quit, French quitte.[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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quitt (indeclinable, predicative only)

  1. quits, even
    Wenn du mir die Hälfte zurückzahlst, sind wir quitt.
    If you pay me back one half, we're even.
  2. (regional) rid of something, having lost something
    Synonym: los
    Ich hab so viel Holz im Schuppen, ich weiß gar nicht, wie ich das quitt werden soll.
    I have so much wood in my shed, I don't even know how to get rid of it.

Declension

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Indeclinable, predicative-only.

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References

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  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “quitt”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Further reading

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  • “quitt” in Duden online
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