Quark
Meaning
- (masculine, no-plural, strong) quark (kind of cheese or cream)
- (informal, masculine, no-plural, strong) nonsense; rubbish; baloney
Concepts
farmer's cheese
Synonyms
Weißkäse
Schmarren
dummes Zeug
Quarkspeise
Schwachfug
Papperlapapp
Bullshit
saudummes Zeug
gequirlte Scheiße
Heckmeck
Kiki
Schichtkäse
Nonsens Quatsch
Fez
Schmonzes
Frequency
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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