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Mark.

mark (any of various European monetary units)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun[maʁk][mark][maɐ̯k][maːk]
  1. mark (any of various European monetary units)

    feminine
  2. ellipsis of Deutsche Mark

    abbreviation · alt-of · ellipsis · feminine · historical · informal
  3. ellipsis of Mark der DDR

    East · Germany · abbreviation · alt-of · ellipsis · feminine · historical
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German marc, marke.

name[maʁk][mark][maɐ̯k][maːk]
  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
Where this word comes from

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

noun[maʁk][mark][maɐ̯k][maːk]
  1. marrow

    neuter · no-plural · strong
  2. pith, the solid mass in the inner of a fruit

    neuter · no-plural · strong
  3. concentrated puree of a fruit or vegetable

    neuter · no-plural · strong
Where this word comes from

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”).

noun[maʁk][mark][maɐ̯k][maːk]
  1. a usually fortified area along the border; marches

    feminine
Where this word comes from

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

name[maʁk][mark][maɐ̯k][maːk]
  1. a male given name from Latin, variant of Markus, equivalent to English Mark

    masculine · proper-noun · strong
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin Marcus.

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