Noun: Quecksilber
Gender: Neuter
Hyphenation:
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like Quecksilber
Methyllithium,
Muschilecken,
Schleckzeug,
Amtsschimmel,
Scandiumoxid,
Schwankschwindel,
Rosinenpicken,
Fahrradfahren,
Bauwesen,
Schritt-Tempo,
Schweigen,
Vinylacetat,
Dreieckshandel,
Söhngeit,
Himmelvater,
Vanadiumpentoxid,
Lithiumhydroxid,
Menschenhandel,
Neuheidentum,
Rubidiumozonid, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
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). See: Dutch Nouns '
kwikzilver', English Nouns '
quicksilver'.
Verbs referencing "Quecksilber"
English Nouns
quicksilver, Latvian Nouns
dzīvsudrabs.
Translations
amalgamate, to make an alloy of mercury and another metal