Quentchen
German
Etymology
From Quent + -chen, from Medieval Latin quentinus, from quīntus (“fifth”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkvɛntçən/
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Noun
Quentchen n (strong, genitive Quentchens, plural Quentchen)
- (historical) a quarter of a lot (in German known as Lot)
- 1800, Johann Georg Krünitz, Oeconomische Encyclopädie oder allgemeines System der Staats-Stadt-Haus-u. Landwirthschaft, in alphabetischer Ordnung, page 558:
- Man nimmt zwey und eine halbe Unze gereinigte Aloe (aloé succotrina), eine halbe Unze Myrrhe, zwey Quentchen Safran, vier und zwanzig Gran Zimmt, eben so viel Gewürznelken, und eben so viel Muskatennuß, stößt diese Dinge zu Pulver […]
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- Formerly standard spelling of Quäntchen which was deprecated in the spelling reform (Rechtschreibreform) of 1996 .
Declension
See also
Further reading
- “Quentchen” in Duden online
- Quentchen on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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