kvarts
Danish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From German Quarz, from Middle High German twarc, probably a Slavic loanword, compare Polish twardy (“hard”), Czech tvrdý (“hard”), from Proto-Slavic *tvьrdъ.
Noun edit
kvarts c (singular definite kvartsen, plural indefinite kvartser)
Declension edit
Declension of kvarts
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | kvarts | kvartsen | kvartser | kvartserne |
genitive | kvarts' | kvartsens | kvartsers | kvartsernes |
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “kvarts” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
kvarts
Estonian edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
kvarts (genitive kvartsi, partitive kvartsi)
Declension edit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “kvarts”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (online version, in Estonian), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
Faroese edit
Etymology edit
From German Quarz, from Middle High German twarc.
Noun edit
kvarts n (genitive singular kvarts, uncountable)
Declension edit
n11s | Singular | |
Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | kvarts | kvartsið |
Accusative | kvarts | kvartsið |
Dative | kvartsi | kvartsinum |
Genitive | kvarts | kvartsins |
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
kvarts m (definite singular kvartsen)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “kvarts” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
kvarts m (definite singular kvartsen)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “kvarts” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from German Quarz. First attested in 1745.[1]
Noun edit
kvarts c
Declension edit
Declension of kvarts | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | kvarts | kvartsen | kvartser | kvartserna |
Genitive | kvarts | kvartsens | kvartsers | kvartsernas |
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
kvarts
- indefinite genitive singular of kvart; normally used to describe a quarter (one of four equal parts) of something
- Finlands huvudstad har en och en kvarts miljon invånare.
- The capital city of Finland has one and a quarter-million inhabitants.
References edit
- ^ kvarts in Svensk ordbok.
Further reading edit
- kvarts in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)