Quark

Meaning

1. (masculine, no-plural, strong) quark (kind of cheese or cream)
2. (informal, masculine, no-plural, strong) nonsense; rubbish; baloney

Concepts

quark

cottage cheese

curd

fromage frais

quarg

guff

junket

nonsense

say cheese

balderdash

farmer's cheese

baloney

blah

curd cheese

curds

Synonyms

Topfen

Käse

🧀

Weißkäse

Unsinn

Kappes

Nonsens

Schmarren

Blödsinn

Stuss

Quatsch

dummes Zeug

Gewäsch

Schwachsinn

Quarkspeise

Tinnef

Schwachfug

Schmarrn

Kokolores

Firlefanz

Humbug

Pipifax

Unfug

Papperlapapp

Bullshit

Driss

💩

saudummes Zeug

gequirlte Scheiße

Heckmeck

Kiki

Schichtkäse

Nonsens Quatsch

Schotten

Blech

Topfen

Dickmilch

Fez

Gefasel

Gelaber

geronnen

Geschwafel

Kohl

Krampf

Mist

Mumpitz

Quatsch mit Soße

Scheiße

Schmäh

Widersinn

käsig

Schmonzes

Translations

quark

quark

quark

fromage blanc

quark

quark

requesón

kwark

wrongel

cuajada

quark

κουάρκ

caillé

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

byppelikääs

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kvark/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: twarc

Cognate with Polish: twaróg

Borrowed from English: quark

In summary

From late Middle High German twarc with the Central German development tw- → qu- (see quer), from a West Slavic language (compare Polish twaróg), from Proto-Slavic *tvarogъ. Cognate to Low German Dwarg. Doublet of Quargel.