Quark
German (Berlin)
/kvark/
noun
Definitions
- quark kind of cheese or cream
- (informal) nonsense; rubbish; baloney
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German twarc.
Origin
Middle High German
twarc
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Antiquark German
- Quarz German
- kwark Dutch, Flemish
- kwarktaart Dutch, Flemish
- творо́г Russian
- творог Russian
- *twerH Proto-Indo-European
- *twerH- Proto-Indo-European
- *dwergaz Proto-Germanic
- クワルク Japanese
- クヴァルク Japanese
- twaróg Polish
- kvark Danish
- *tvarogъ Proto-Slavic
- *tvьrdъ Proto-Slavic
- twarc Middle High German
- tvaroh Slovak
- 크바르크 Korean
- тварог Belarusian
- Dwarg German Low German
- twiöeg Vilamovian