Quecksilber

German

Chemical element (edit)
Hg Atomic number 80 Quecksilber
Classification data Period 6 Group 12 Block d-block Class transition metal
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Etymology

From Middle High German quëcsilber (also këcsilber), from Old High German quëcsilbar. Compare Dutch kwikzilver, Low German Quicksülver, English quicksilver. In this word survives the Central German form with qu-, otherwise displaced by keck (see there).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkvɛkˌzɪlbɐ/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Quecksilber n (strong, genitive Quecksilbers, no plural)

1. mercury (chemical element, Hg)

Declension

Declension of Quecksilber [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Quecksilber
genitive	eines	des	Quecksilbers
dative	einem	dem	Quecksilber
accusative	ein	das	Quecksilber

Related terms

• keck, quick, erquicken

See also

• Quacksalber (not related)

Further reading

• “Quecksilber” in Duden online
• “Quecksilber”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)