Neuter

Quecksilber

Sentences
Meaning

mercury (chemical element, Hg)

Synonyms

Hydrargyrum

Hg

Temperaturmesser

lebhaftes Kind

quicklebendiger Mensch

verquicken

amalgamieren

Queckſilber

Kalomel

-chlorid

Frequency

22k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkvɛkˌzɪlbɐ/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German quecsilber (also kecsilber), from Old High German quecsilbar. Compare Dutch kwikzilver, Low German Quicksülver, English quicksilver. In this word survives the Central German form with qu-, otherwise displaced by keck (see there).

Notes

Sign in to write sticky notes