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Where does “quatsch” come from?

quatsch (Dutch) comes from German Quatsch, from German quatschen — to talk nonsense; to chatter, babble.

quatsch (Dutch): nonsense

Definitions

  1. nonsense

Ancestry of “quatsch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanQuatschverbal nonsense; used to acknowledge that the...
2Germanquatschento talk nonsense; to chatter, babble
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