marsk

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /marsk/,

Etymology 1

From Old Danish mersk, borrowed from Middle Low German marsch, mersch, from Proto-West Germanic *marisk, cognate with English marsh (Norwegian marsk and German Marsch are also from Low German). A compound from *mari (“sea”) +‎ *-isk (“-ish”).

Noun

marsk c (singular definite marsken, plural indefinite marsker)

1. marsh (low wet-land, from time to time flooded by the tide, especially with reference to the North Sea)

Declension

References

• “marsk,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

From Old Danish marsc, clipping of marskal. Compare also Swedish marsk.

Noun

marsk c (singular definite marsken, plural indefinite marsker)

1. (historical) marshal (highest-ranking army commander in Medieval Scandinavia)

Declension

References

• “marsk,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

marsk

Wikipedia ^no

Etymology

From Middle Low German marsch, from Germanic.

Noun

marsk m (definite singular marsken, indefinite plural marsker, definite plural marskene)

1. a marsh

References

• “marsk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “marsk_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German marsch, from Germanic.

Noun

marsk m (definite singular marsken, indefinite plural marskar, definite plural marskane)

1. a marsh

References

• “marsk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.