kvarts

From German Quarz, from Middle High German twarc, probably a Slavic loanword, compare Polish twardy (“hard”), Czech tvrdý (“hard”), from Proto-Slavic *tvьrdъ.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkʰʋ̥ɑːd̥s]

kvarts c (singular definite kvartsen, plural indefinite kvartser)

1. quartz

• rosakvarts
• rosenkvarts

kvarts

1. genitive singular of kvart

• “kvarts” in Den Danske Ordbog

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

kvarts (genitive kvartsi, partitive kvartsi)

1. (mineralogy) quartz

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• roosakvarts

• “kvarts”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

From German Quarz, from Middle High German twarc.

kvarts n (genitive singular kvarts, uncountable)

1. (mineralogy) quartz

From German Quarz.

kvarts m (definite singular kvartsen)

1. (mineralogy) quartz

• kvartsitt

• “kvarts” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From German Quarz.

kvarts m (definite singular kvartsen)

1. (mineralogy) quartz

• kvartsitt

• “kvarts” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

kvarts c

1. quartz

• rosenkvarts

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.

• kvart in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kvarts in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kvarts in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• kvart in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Svensk MeSH
• kvarts in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)