kvarter

Danish

Etymology 1

Via German Quartier from French quartier, from Latin quārtārius, from quārtus (“fourth”) +‎ -ārius.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kʰʋ̥ɑˈtˢeɐ̯ˀ]

Noun

kvarter n

  1. quarter, neighbourhood (district of a city)
  2. quarter-hour (fifteen minutes)

References

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkʰʋ̥ɑːd̥ɐ]

Noun

kvarter c

  1. indefinite plural of kvart

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Noun

kvarter m

  1. indefinite plural of kvart

Etymology 2

From Latin quartarius, via French quartier.

Noun

kvarter n (definite singular kvarteret, indefinite plural kvarter or kvarterer, definite plural kvartera or kvarterene)

  1. quarter (district, area; phase of the moon)
  2. quarter-hour, quarter of an hour, 15 minutes
Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin quartarius, via French quartier.

Noun

kvarter n (definite singular kvarteret, indefinite plural kvarter, definite plural kvartera)

  1. quarter (district, area; phase of the moon)
  2. quarter-hour, quarter of an hour, 15 minutes

References

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin quartarius, via French quartier.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kvarˈteːr/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

kvarter n

  1. city block
  2. neighborhood
  3. quarters

Declension

Declension of kvarter
nominative genitive
singular indefinite kvarter kvarters
definite kvarteret kvarterets
plural indefinite kvarter kvarters
definite kvarteren kvarterens

Derived terms

  • arbetarkvarter (“working class area”)
  • bostadskvarter (“residental area”)
  • högkvarter (“headquarters”)
  • kvartersbutik (“convenience store”)
  • kvartersmark (“area designated for buildings”)
  • slumkvarter (“slum area”)

References

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