Quartär

== German == === Etymology === From Latin quartus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kvaʁˈtɛːɐ̯/, /kvaʁˈteːɐ̯/ Hyphenation: Quar‧tär === Proper noun === Quartär n (proper noun, strong, genitive Quartärs) the Quaternary (a geologic period; from 2.58 million years ago to the present – immediately following the Tertiary) ==== Declension ==== ==== Meronyms ==== Holozän, Pleistozän ==== Holonyms ==== Känozoikum ==== Coordinate terms ==== Neogen, Paläogen Tertiär (obsolete since 2004, but still informally used) === Further reading === “Quartär”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Quartär” in Duden online