Merk

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See also: merk and Mérk

English

Etymology

Proper noun

Merk (plural Merks)

  1. A surname.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Merk is the 23054th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1109 individuals. Merk is most common among White (96.21%) individuals.

Anagrams

Dutch

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Proper noun

Merk ?

  1. Marck (a city in the Pas-de-Calais department, France)

German

Breitblätteriger Merk (Sium latifolium)
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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle Low German merk, from Old Saxon *merk, *merik, from Proto-West Germanic *marik.

Alternative forms

Noun

Merk m (strong, genitive Merkes or Merks, plural Merks)

  1. water parsnip (Sium gen. et spp.)
    • 1625, Valerius Herberger, Florilegium ex paradiso psalmorum. Paradiß-Blümlein, aus dem Lust-Garten der 150. Psalmen, nebst den Geheimnissen von Christo Jesu, Leipzig: Johann Friedrich Gleditschens seel. Sohn, published 1727 GB, page 24a:
      Ich muß auch hier eines guten bürgerlichen Hauß-Lateins gedencken. Es sind zwey Kräutlein: Eins heißt Merck, Sium oder Bachpungen. Das andere Melden, Atriplex. Das braucht ihr zum Grün-Kraut; davon haben eure Groß-Eltern etliche Reyme, die haben sehr viel Augen.
      Mercks und Melden
      Wachsen beyd in einem Felden.
      Brich Mercks; laß Melden stahn,
      So wirst du gewiß ein kluger Mann.
      Here too I have to commemorate a good burgherly house Latin: It’s two little herbs: One is called water parsnip, Sium or Bachpungen. The other saltbush, Atriplex. This you need to the green herb; of it your grand parents have many a rhyme, they have many eyes.
      Water parsnips and saltbushes
      Both grow in one field.
      Break water parsnips; let saltbushes stay,
      So you surely become a wise man.
Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle Low German merk, doublet of Mark.

Noun

Merk n (strong, genitive Merkes or Merks, plural Merke)

  1. (obsolete) mark, token, indicium
Declension

References

Polish

Etymology

From German Merk.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Merk m pers

  1. a male surname

Declension

Proper noun

Merk f (indeclinable)

  1. a female surname

Derived terms

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