overwordExplorer
ENGLISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

marsh.

An area of low, wet land, often with tall grass or herbaceous plants.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/mɑːʃ/Received-Pronunciation/mɑɹʃ/US/mɐːʃ/Australia, New-Zealand/maɾʃ/Scotland
  1. An area of low, wet land, often with tall grass or herbaceous plants.

    Many animals live in the marsh.
    Čepkeliai Marsh consists mainly of bog.
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mer-? Proto-Indo-European *móri Proto-Germanic *mari Proto-West Germanic *mari Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Proto-West Germanic *marisk Old English mersċ Middle English mersch English marsh From Middle English mersch, from Old English mersċ, merisċ, from Proto-West Germanic *marisk, derived from *mari, equivalent to mere (“sea, body of water”) + -ish. Doublet of marish, morass, and merse. Cognate with West Frisian mersk, Dutch meers (“grassland, meadow”) and Dutch moeras, German Marsch. More at mere.

FROM WORD TO NAME

Try it on your idea.

marsh has 5 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.

marsh studiomarsh workshello, marsh

These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.

Explore the name generator

A word with a source.

Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.

Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.