quatsch

From German Quatsch. Attested in English from the beginning of the 20th century.^[1]

quatsch (uncountable)

1. (uncommon, often in German-language contexts) Nonsense, rubbish, foolish speech or writing.
   • 1907, Elizabeth Von Arnim, Fräulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons:

     “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.

   • 1998 January-February, Richard H. Curtiss, “Quatsch Watch: Mythinformation Observed”, in Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, page 53:

     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.

Borrowed from German Quatsch.

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quatsch m (uncountable)

1. nonsense