merken

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɛrkən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch merken, from Old Dutch merken, from Proto-West Germanic *marikjan, from Proto-Germanic *markijaną.

Verb

merken

  1. to mark
  2. to notice
    Synonyms: bemerken, opmerken
Inflection
Inflection of merken (weak)
infinitive merken
past singular merkte
past participle gemerkt
infinitive merken
gerund merken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular merk merkte
2nd person sing. (jij) merkt merkte
2nd person sing. (u) merkt merkte
2nd person sing. (gij) merkt merkte
3rd person singular merkt merkte
plural merken merkten
subjunctive sing.1 merke merkte
subjunctive plur.1 merken merkten
imperative sing. merk
imperative plur.1 merkt
participles merkend gemerkt
1) Archaic.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Negerhollands: merk

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

merken

  1. plural of merk

Anagrams

German

Etymology

From Middle High German merken, from Old High German merchen, from Proto-West Germanic *markijan, from Proto-Germanic *markijaną (to mark, notice). Cognate with Dutch merken and Icelandic merkja.

Pronunciation

Verb

merken (weak, third-person singular present merkt, past tense merkte, past participle gemerkt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to notice (a situation, difference not readily apparent)
    Man merkt das ja kaum.You barely notice it.
    Ich bin schwanger aber merke nichts.I'm pregnant but I can't feel anything.
  2. (transitive, reflexive) to memorize, remember, learn
    Ich merkte mir alles.I memorized everything.
  3. to realize
    • 1915 October, Franz Kafka, “Die Verwandlung [The Metamorphosis]”, in Die Weißen Blätter , volume 2, number 10, Verlag der Weißen Bücher, page 1180:
      Zunächst wollte er ruhig und ungestört aufstehen, sich anziehen und vor allem frühstücken, und dann erst das Weitere überlegen, denn, das merkte er wohl, im Bett würde er mit dem Nachdenken zu keinem vernünftigen Ende kommen.
      To begin with, he wanted to get up calmly and undisturbed, get dressed and, above all, have breakfast, and only then think about everything else, because, as he realized well, in bed he would not come to a sensible conclusion with the thinking.

Conjugation

Related terms

Further reading

  • merken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • merken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • merken” in Duden online
  • merken” in OpenThesaurus.de

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch merken.

Verb

merken

  1. to mark, to put a mark on, to give a mark to
  2. to watch attentively
  3. to watch, to pay attention to, to notice

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *markijan, from Proto-Germanic *markijaną.

Verb

merken

  1. to mark, to put a mark on

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading

  • merken”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

West Frisian

Noun

merken

  1. plural of merk