Marken

See also: marken and märken

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian Marken or Swedish Markén.

Proper noun

Marken (plural Markens)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Marken is the 37735^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 589 individuals. Marken is most common among White (93.55%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Marken”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 517.

Dutch

Alternative forms

• Mereke (dialect form)

Etymology

First attested as markerhoefde in 1345. Derived from the plural form of Middle Dutch marke (“border, borderland”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑr.kə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: Mar‧ken
• Rhymes: -ɑrkən

Proper noun

Marken n

1. A village, former island, and former municipality of Waterland, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

Derived terms

• Markenaar
• Marker

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “marken”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎^[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmaɐ̯kŋ̩], [ˈmaɐ̯kən], [ˈmaʁkŋ̩], [ˈmaʁkən]

Etymology 1

Noun

Marken

1. plural of Marke

Etymology 2

Noun

Marken

1. plural of Mark