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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)

  1. quartz
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Etymology 2 edit

From German Quarz.

Noun edit

kvarts

  1. genitive singular of kvart

Estonian edit

 
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Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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kvarts (genitive kvartsi, partitive kvartsi)

  1. (mineralogy) quartz

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This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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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)

  1. (mineralogy) quartz

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n11s Singular
Indefinite Definite
Nominative kvarts kvartsið
Accusative kvarts kvartsið
Dative kvartsi kvartsinum
Genitive kvarts kvartsins

Norwegian Bokmål edit

 
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Etymology edit

From German Quarz.

Noun edit

kvarts m (definite singular kvartsen)

  1. (mineralogy) quartz

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Norwegian Nynorsk edit

 
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Etymology edit

From German Quarz.

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kvarts m (definite singular kvartsen)

  1. (mineralogy) quartz

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Swedish edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from German Quarz. First attested in 1745.[1]

Noun edit

kvarts c

  1. quartz
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Declension of kvarts 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative kvarts kvartsen kvartser kvartserna
Genitive kvarts kvartsens kvartsers kvartsernas
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Etymology 2 edit

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kvarts

  1. 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.

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Further reading edit

  • kvarts in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)