kvarts

• IPA^(key): [ˈkʰʋ̥ɑːd̥s]

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

kvarts c (singular definite kvartsen, plural indefinite kvartser)

1. quartz

• rosakvarts
• rosenkvarts

• “kvarts” in Den Danske Ordbog

From German Quarz.

kvarts

1. genitive singular of kvart

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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.

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