Quark

Meaning

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

Frequency

C2
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

byppelikääs

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/kvark/
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. Cognate to German Low German Dwarg. Doublet of Quargel.

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