verquast

== German == === Etymology === Borrowed from Low German verquars, variant of verdwars, derived from ver- + dwars (“cross, diagonal, aslant”), from Middle Low German dwers, dwer, from Old Saxon thwerh, from Proto-Germanic *þwerhaz. Doublet of synonymous verquer. The final -t in German (or perhaps already Low German) by association with a past participle. Coda -r- is unpronounced in most dialects of Low German (as it is in some accents of standard German), hence the form verquast. Association with the unrelated adjective Low German dwas, quas (“dim-witted, daft”) and the derived verb dwasen, quasen (see German quasseln) may have contributed to both developments. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌfɛɐ̯ˈkvaːst/ (usual) IPA(key): /ˌfɛɐ̯ˈkvast/ (rare) === Adjective === verquast (strong nominative masculine singular verquaster, comparative verquaster, superlative am verquastesten) (especially of ideas, talk) confused; strange Synonym: verquer ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “verquast”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “verquast” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon