Quargel

Pronunciation: /kvaːɡl̩/

“Quargel” is a German word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

a kind of ripened soft cheese made from sour milk with a strong scent, distinctive pungent taste and yellowish colour, Olomouc cheese
nonsense, rubbish, baloney

Etymology

With the Central German development tw- → qu- (see quer) from late Middle High German twarc, from a West Slavic language (compare Polish twaróg), from Proto-Slavic *tvarogъ. Compare tvarůžek, plural tvarůžky. Doublet of Quark.

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