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Danish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse merki, from Proto-Germanic *markiją, cognate with Norwegian merke, Swedish märke. It has supplanted a shorter derivation from the same root, *marką, cf. Old Danish mark, Old Norse mark, English mark.
Noun
mærke n (singular definite mærket, plural indefinite mærker)
- mark, sign, label, tag (some kind of marking on a thing, an animal or a person)
- mark, trace (visible impression)
- brand (type of product)
- stamp
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Etymology 2
From Old Norse merkja, from Proto-Germanic *markijaną, cognate with Norwegian merke, Swedish märka, German merken, Dutch merken.
Verb
mærke
- (transitive) to mark (to put a mark on something)
- (transitive) to feel, sense, notice
- (reflexive, transitive) to note, bear in mind (to observe something)
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