Quecksilber
German edit
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Etymology edit
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).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Quecksilber n (strong, genitive Quecksilbers, no plural)
- mercury (chemical element, Hg)
Declension edit
Declension of Quecksilber [sg-only, neuter, strong]
Related terms edit
See also edit
- Quacksalber (not related)
Further reading edit
- “Quecksilber” in Duden online
- “Quecksilber” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache