Meanings
- oftenuncommonuncountableNonsense, rubbish, foolish speech or writing.
“Quatsch,” said Onkel Heinrich. “My dear,” protested Tante Else, forced at last to notice these comments. “I say it is quatsch,” said Onkel Heinrich with a volcanic vehemence startling in one so trim.
1907, Elizabeth Von Arnim, Fräulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons1 more example
QUATSCH: “Israel is facing a threat to its existence more serious than the five defensive wars it has fought against Arab aggressors.”―Syndicated columnist Cal Thomas, Washington Times, March 19, 1997. […] WATCH: Of five major wars between Israel and its neighbors since 1948, three clearly were initiated by Israel.
1998 January-February, Richard H. Curtiss, “Quatsch Watch: Mythinformation Observed”, in Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, page 53
Origin
- GermanQuatsch
- Englishquatsch
From German Quatsch. Attested in English from the beginning of the 20th century.
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