merk

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See also: Merk and Mérk

English

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)k

Etymology 1

Noun

merk (plural merks)

  1. Obsolete spelling of mark
  2. (Scotland) Alternative form of mark

Etymology 2

Verb

merk (third-person singular simple present merks, present participle merking, simple past and past participle merked)

  1. Alternative spelling of murk (“to murder”)
    • 2018 March 26, A. A. Dowd, “Steven Spielberg Finds Fun, and maybe even a Soul, in the Pandering Pastiche of Ready Player One”, in The A.V. Club‎, archived from the original on 31 May 2018:
      In truth, there are Easter eggs planted in just about every frame of Ready Player One, which never misses an opportunity to insert a recognizable character (hey, is that Jason Voorhees getting merked during the film’s first-person shooter level?) or toss a sop to the faithful.
  2. (African-American Vernacular, slang) to run

Anagrams

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch marc, merc, from Old Dutch marc, from Proto-West Germanic *mark, from Proto-Germanic *marką (“mark, sign”), cognate with English mark, German Mark.

Noun

merk n (plural merken, diminutive merkje n)

  1. mark
  2. logo
  3. brand
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: merki
  • Negerhollands: merk
  • → Indonesian: merek

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

merk

  1. inflection of merken:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Anagrams

Indonesian

Pronunciation

Noun

mèrk (first-person possessive merkku, second-person possessive merkmu, third-person possessive merknya)

  1. Nonstandard form of merek.

Further reading

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Marke.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmʲɛrk/
  • Syllabification: merk

Noun

merk m inan

  1. mark, sign
    Synonyms: znak, céch

Further reading

  • “merk”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “znak”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

merk

  1. imperative of merke

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian merked, from Latin mercatus.

Noun

merk c (plural merken, diminutive merkje)

  1. market

Further reading

  • “merk (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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