Quark
German, noun/kvark/
Quark is spelled Q-U-A-R-K (5 letters) and appears 3.7 times per million words in written German, the 15,332nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quark is a German masculine noun meaning “quark (kind of cheese or cream)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “geronnenes, weiß ausgeflocktes Eiweiß (Kasein) der Kuhmilch”.
What does Quark mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinequark (kind of cheese or cream)
- 2
informalmasculinenonsense; rubbish; baloney
noun
- 1
neuterquark (elementary particle)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. geronnenes, weiß ausgeflocktes Eiweiß (Kasein) der Kuhmilch 2. Unsinn 3. belanglose, unwichtige Sache
noun: 1. Elementarteilchen, einer der Grundbausteine aller Materie
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Quark
- Quarkes genitive
- Quarks genitive
- Quarke dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Quark?
- /kvark/
- [kʋaʁk]
- [kʋaɐ̯k]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Quark
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Quark in German?
Quark appears 3.7 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).