Quecksilber

== German == === 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). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkvɛkˌzɪlbɐ/ === Noun === Quecksilber n (strong, genitive Quecksilbers, no plural) mercury (chemical element, Hg) ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== keck, quick, erquicken === See also === Quacksalber (not related) === Further reading === “Quecksilber” in Duden online “Quecksilber”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)