Quacksalber

Betekenis (Engels)

quack, quacksalver (unqualified healer or incompetent doctor; male or unspecified sex)

Sinonieme

Scharlatan

Kurpfuscher

Marktschreier

Wunderheiler

Zahnklempner

Arzt

🧑‍⚕️

scharlatan

Gaukler

Schwindler

Vertalings

charlatan

quack

kwakzalver

charlatan

bedrieger

ciarlatano

charlatán

charlatão

matasanos

quacksalver

curandero

charlatan

şarlatan

αγύρτης

κομπογιαννίτης

Dialekte

Kanton Basel-Land

gitterlidoggter

Kanton Basel-Land

gitterlischwängger

Data verskaf deur: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈkvakˌzalbər/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geleen van Nederlands: kwakzalver

In summary

16th century, from Dutch kwakzalver, derived from Middle Dutch quacsalven (unsure whether verb or noun). Further origin disputed, though the second component is definitely Dutch zalf (“salve”).