Quarz

German

Etymology

From Middle High German twarc, probably from a West Slavic language (compare Polish twardy (“hard”), Czech tvrdý (“hard”), Russian твёрдый (tvjórdyj, “hard”)), from Old Church Slavonic тврьдъ (tvrĭdŭ, “firm”), from Proto-Slavic *tvьrdъ.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Quarz m (genitive Quarzes, plural Quarze)

quartz

Declension

Declension of Quarz

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Quarz	die	Quarze
genitive	eines	des	Quarzes	der	Quarze
dative	einem	dem	Quarz, Quarze¹	den	Quarzen
accusative	einen	den	Quarz	die	Quarze

¹Now uncommon, see notes

Derived terms

quarzig

Further reading

Quarz in Duden online

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