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marsk.

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

5 characters1 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

noun/marsk/[ˈmɑːsɡ̊]
  1. marsh (low wet-land, from time to time flooded by the tide, especially with reference to the North Sea)

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

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/[ˈmɑːsɡ̊]
  1. marshal (highest-ranking army commander in Medieval Scandinavia)

    common-gender · historical
Where this word comes from

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

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