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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Etymology 1 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Derived terms 1.3.1.2 Translations 1.3.2 Verb 1.3.2.1 Translations 1.3.2.2 Derived terms 1.4 Etymology 2 1.4.1 Noun 1.4.1.1 Synonyms 1.4.1.2 Translations 1.4.2 See also 2 Faroese 2.1 Noun 2.1.1 Declension 2.1.2 Synonyms 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Declension 2.2.2 Synonyms 3 French 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Noun 4 Icelandic 4.1 Noun 4.1.1 See also 4.1.2 Derived terms 5 Swedish 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Noun 5.2.1 See also

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative spellings

• marke (obsolete)
• merk (obsolete)

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /mɑːk/ (UK), IPA: /mɑɹk/ (US)
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)k
• Homophone: Mark

[edit] Etymology 1

Old English mearc, from Germanic *mark- ‘boundary; boundary marker’, from Proto-Indo-European *merǵ- ‘boundary, border’. Cognate with Dutch mark, German Mark, Swedish mark; and with Latin margo ‘margin’. Compare march.

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mark (plural marks)

1. (archaic) A border or frontier.
2. (Historic) A common, or area of common land, especially among early Germanic peoples.
3. A stone or post used to indicate position and guide travellers.
4. A target for shooting at with a projectile.
   • 1786, To give them an accurate eye and strength of arm, none under twenty-four years of age might shoot at any standing mark, except it was for a rover, and then he was to change his mark at every shot; and no person above that age might shoot at any mark whose distance was less than eleven score yards. — Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 37.
5. A marker indicating the finishing-point of a race; any goal or objective.
6. A characteristic feature.

   A good sense of manners is the mark of a true gentleman.

7. A written character or sign.
8. A stamp or other indication of provenance, quality etc.
9. (obsolete) Resemblance, likeness, image.
   • Late C14: Which mankynde is so fair part of thy werk / That thou it madest lyk to thyn owene merk. — Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘The Franklin's Tale’, Canterbury Tales
10. An indication or sign used for reference or measurement.
11. A score for finding the correct answer, or other academic achievement; the sum of such point gained as out of a possible total.
12. A score for a sporting achievement.
13. A visible impression or sign; a blemish, scratch, or stain, whether accidental or intentional.
14. (sports) The line indicating an athlete's starting-point.
15. (Australian rules football) A catch of the ball directly from a kick of 10 metres or more without having been touched in transit, resulting in a free kick.
16. The intended victim of swindle, fixed game or con game.

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[edit] Verb

to mark (third-person singular simple present marks, present participle marking, simple past and past participle marked)

1. To indicate in some way for later reference.
2. To take note of.
3. To blemish, scratch, or stain.
4. To indicate the correctness of and give a score to an essay, exam answers, etc.
5. (Australian Rules football) To catch the ball directly from a kick of 15 metres or more without having been touched in transit, resulting in a free kick.
6. (soccer) To follow a player not in possession of the ball when defending, to prevent them receiving a pass easily.

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[edit] Etymology 2

Old English marc, from Germanic *mark- (probably ultimately the same as Etymology 1). Cognate with Dutch mark, German Mark.

[edit] Noun

mark (plural marks)

1. A measure of weight (especially for gold and silver), once used throughout Europe, equivalent to 8 oz.

   • 1997, As a reward for his poetry, Athelstan gave Egil two more gold rings weighing a mark each, along with an expensive cloak that the king himself had worn. — ‘Egil's Saga’, tr. Bernard Scudder, The Sagas of Icelanders (Penguin 2001, p. 91)

2. (historical) An English and Scottish unit of currency (originally valued at one mark weight of silver), equivalent to 13 shillings and fourpence.
3. Any of various European monetary units, especially the base unit of currency of Germany between 1948 and 2002, equal to 100 pfennigs.
4. A mark coin.

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(German currency): Deutschmark, Deutsche Mark, German mark

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[edit] See also

• convertible mark
• Deutsche Mark, Deutschmark
• markka
• Reichsmark

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[edit] Faroese

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mark f.

1. (kvæði) forest
2. (in phrases) pasture
3. (Biblical) field

[edit] Declension

f2	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	mark	markin	markir	markirnar
Accusative	mark	markina	markir	markirnar
Dative	mark	markini	markum	markunum
Genitive	markar	markarinnar	marka	markanna

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forrest

• skógur, mørk

pasture

• hagi

field

• bøur

[edit] Noun

mark n.

1. sign
2. border, frontier

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n3	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	mark	markið	mark	markini
Accusative	mark	markið	mark	markini
Dative	marki	markinum	markum	markunum
Genitive	marks	marksins	marka	markanna

n5	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	mark	markið	mørk	mørkini
Accusative	mark	markið	mørk	mørkini
Dative	marki	markinum	mørkum	mørkunum
Genitive	marks	marksins	marka	markanna

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sign

• merki

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[edit] Noun

mark m. (plural: marks)

1. mark (former currency)

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[edit] Icelandic

[edit] Noun

mark n.

1. sign

[edit] See also

• merki

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• hitta marks

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[edit] Noun

mark c.

Inflection for mark	Singular		Plural
common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	mark	marken	marker	markerna
Genitive	marks	markens	markers	markernas

mark

1. (uncountable) ground (as opposed to the sky or the sea)

   Ha fast mark under fötterna - to be on terra firma (literally "to have firm ground under (one's) feet")

   Tillbaka på klassisk mark - back on classical ground

   På engelsk mark - on English soil

2. (countable and uncountable) ground, field

   Bonden ägde mycket mark - The farmer owned a lot of ground

3. mark (currency)
4. (gambling) counter, marker

[edit] See also

• ta mark
• i skog och mark