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Mark

noun · [maʁk] ·
Etymology

From Middle High German marc, marke. From Middle High German marc, from Old High German marg, from Proto-West Germanic *maʀg, from Proto-Germanic *mazgą, from Proto-Indo-European *mozgos, *mosgʰos. Cognate with Dutch merg, English marrow, Swedish märg, Norwegian Bokmål marg, Icelandic mergur, Sanskrit मज्जन् (majjan), Russian мозг (mozg, “marrow, brain”), Polish mózg (“brain”).

Translation

  1. mark (any of various European monetary units) feminine

    Mark machte 1991 seinen Harvard-Abschluss.

    Mark graduated from Harvard in 1991.

    Die Zigarren kosten zwei Mark.

    The cigars cost two Marks.

  2. marrow neuter, no-plural, strong
  3. alternative form of Merk (“water parsnip”) alt-of, alternative, masculine, no-plural, strong

    […] Fig. 629 den breitblätterigen Mark (Sium latifolium), eine häufige aber etwas verdächtige Dolde in Gräben und an feuchten Orten; […]

    […] Fig. 629 the broad-leaved water parsnip (Sium latifolium), a frequent but somewhat suspicious umbel in ditches and moist places; […]

  4. bone marrow source:freedict-eng-deu-dictd
  5. bone marrow source:wikdict-en-de-stardict
  6. pulp source:dictcc-tuchemnitz-de-en
  7. ellipsis of Deutsche Mark abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, feminine, historical, informal
  8. pith, the solid mass in the inner of a fruit neuter, no-plural, strong
  9. ellipsis of Mark der DDR East, Germany, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, feminine, historical

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominative Mark Mark
Accusative Mark Mark
Dative Mark Mark
Genitive Markes Mark

die Mark

noun · [maʁk] ·
Etymology

From Middle High German marke, from Old High German marka, from Proto-West Germanic *marku, cognate with Latin margo, whence English margin.

Translation

  1. a usually fortified area along the border; marches feminine

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominative Mark Marken
Accusative Mark Marken
Dative Mark Marken
Genitive Mark Marken

Mark

name · [maʁk] ·
Etymology

From Middle High German marke, from Old High German marka, from Proto-West Germanic *marku, cognate with Latin margo, whence English margin. Borrowed from Latin Marcus.

Translation

  1. a male given name, short form of compound names beginning with the Germanic element mark "area along the border", such as Markolf and Markward masculine, proper-noun, strong
  2. a male given name from Latin, variant of Markus, equivalent to English Mark masculine, proper-noun, strong