Quecksilber
German, noun/ˈkvɛkˌzɪlbɐ/
Quecksilber is spelled Q-U-E-C-K-S-I-L-B-E-R (11 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written German, the 21,930th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quecksilber is a German neuter noun meaning “mercury (chemical element, Hg)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 80, das zur Serie der Übergangsmetalle gehört”.
What does Quecksilber mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutermercury (chemical element, Hg)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 80, das zur Serie der Übergangsmetalle gehört
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 Quecksilber
- Quecksilbers genitive
- Kecksilber variant
- Hg symbol
- ☿ symbol
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Quecksilber?
- /ˈkvɛkˌzɪlbɐ/
- [ˈkvɛkˌzɪlbɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Quecksilber
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Quecksilber in German?
Quecksilber appears 2.3 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).