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quark cheese

quark cheese

5.8
A soft fresh cheese like cottage cheese used in European cooking
  • noun
  • /kwɑrk tʃiːz/
translation icon : queso quark
  • The cheesecake was lighter than usual because it used quark cheese instead of cream cheese.

Examples

  • She spread a layer of quark cheese on her toast for breakfast.

  • Many traditional German recipes call for quark cheese as the primary ingredient.

  • I love quark cheese on my toast.

  • Have you tried quark cheese with honey?

  • Many traditional German recipes call for quark cheese as the primary ingredient.

  • She spread a layer of quark cheese on her toast for breakfast.

  • The cheesecake was lighter than usual because it used quark cheese instead of cream cheese.

Synonyms

cheese
vsquark cheese
∞ 1.0

A solid food made from milk that is pressed and often aged

is a fresh soft smooth dairy product rather than an aged pressed one
quark
vsquark cheese
9 9.0

A soft fresh cheese with a smooth texture used as a spread

is the same product but commonly used in European cooking

How Soft

mascarpone
4 7.3
cream cheese
40 1.0
quark cheese
5.8
ricotta
18 3.7

Surface Forms

quark cheese singular
quark cheeses plural

Morphology

quark + cheese

The compound is a straightforward type-of noun-noun construction: 'quark' names a particular kind of fresh cheese and 'cheese' gives the category, so the overall meaning is directly derivable from the parts. This compositional pattern is common across languages and would be clear to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.

Etymology

Quark cheese comes from the German word quark, which means 'curd', the soft, creamy part of milk. That's why quark cheese today means a fresh, soft cheese often used in European recipes.