Merkur

See also: merkur, Merkúr, and Merkür

English

Proper noun

Merkur

1. A defunct automobile brand produced by the Ford Motor Company in the late 1980s.
2. The western name given to the Russian VA spacecraft.

Czech

17th-century sculpture of the Roman god Mercury by Artus Quellinus

Planet Mercury

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛrkur]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Mer‧kur

Proper noun

Merkur m anim (related adjective Merkurův)

1. (Roman mythology) Mercury (Roman god)

Declension

Declension of Merkur (sg-only hard masculine animate)

	singular
nominative	Merkur
genitive	Merkura
dative	Merkurovi, Merkuru
accusative	Merkura
vocative	Merkure
locative	Merkurovi, Merkuru
instrumental	Merkurem

Proper noun

Merkur m inan (related adjective merkurský, demonym Merkuřan)

2. (astronomy) Mercury, the first planet in the Solar System

Declension

Declension of Merkur (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)

	singular
nominative	Merkur
genitive	Merkura, Merkuru
dative	Merkuru
accusative	Merkur
vocative	Merkure
locative	Merkuru
instrumental	Merkurem

See also

Solar System in Czech · sluneční soustava (layout · text)
Star	Slunce
IAU planets and notable dwarf planets	Merkur	Venuše	Země	Mars	Ceres	Jupiter	Saturn	Uran	Neptun	Pluto	Eris
Notable moons	—	—	Měsíc	Phobos/Fobos Deimos	—	Io Europa Ganymed Callisto	Mimas Enceladus Tethys Dione Rhea Titan Iapetus	Miranda Ariel Umbriel Titania Oberon	Triton	Charon	Dysnomia

Further reading

• Merkur (mytologie) on the Czech Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^cs
• Merkur (planeta) on the Czech Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^cs
• Merkur in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• Merkur in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Proper noun

Merkur

2. Mercury (planet)

See also

• (planets of the solar system) planeter i solsystemet; Merkur,‎ Venus,‎ Jorden/‎jorden,‎ Mars,‎ Jupiter,‎ Saturn,‎ Uranus,‎ Neptun ^[edit]

Faroese

Proper noun

Merkur m

2. Mercury (planet)

See also

Solar System in Faroese · Sólskipanin (layout · text)
Star	Sólin
IAU planets and notable dwarf planets	Merkur	Venus	Jørðin	Mars	[Term?]	Jupiter	Saturn	Uranus	Neptun	Pluto	Eris
Notable moons	—	—	Mánin	Phobos Deimos	—	Io Europa Ganymedes Callisto	[Term?] [Term?] [Term?] [Term?] [Term?] Titan [Term?]	[Term?] [Term?] [Term?] [Term?] [Term?]	Triton	Charon	Dysnomia

German

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Mercurius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛʁˈkuːɐ̯/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -uːɐ̯
• Hyphenation: Mer‧kur

Proper noun

Merkur m (proper noun, strong, genitive Merkurs or Merkur)

2. (astronomy) Mercury
4. (Roman mythology) Mercury

Declension

Declension of Merkur [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Merkur
genitive	eines	des	Merkurs, Merkur
dative	einem	dem	Merkur
accusative	einen	den	Merkur

Noun

Merkur n or m (strong, genitive Merkurs, no plural)

1. (alchemy) mercury

   Synonym: (common) Quecksilber

Declension

Declension of Merkur [sg-only, neuter // masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das, der	Merkur
genitive	eines	des	Merkurs
dative	einem	dem	Merkur
accusative	ein, einen	das, den	Merkur

See also

• (planets of the Solar System) Planeten Sonnensystems; Merkur, Venus, Erde, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptun, Pluto (traditionally; by the IAU founded in 1919 only till 2006)

References

• “Merkur” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Merkur (Planet)” in Duden online
• “Merkur (Römischer Gott)” in Duden online
• “Merkur (Quecksilber)” in Duden online

Latvian

Proper noun

Merkur m

1. vocative singular of Merkurs

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian Merkur.

Proper noun

Merkur

2. Mercury (planet)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

See also

• (planets) Merkur, Venus, Eana, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptun

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Merkur

2. Mercury (planet)
3. (Roman mythology) Mercury

See also

• (planets) planet; Merkur, Venus, jorda, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptun

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Merkur

2. Mercury (planet)
3. (Roman mythology) Mercury

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /měrkuːr/
• Hyphenation: Mer‧kur

Proper noun

Mèrkūr m (Cyrillic spelling Мѐркӯр)

2. Mercury (planet)
3. (Roman mythology) Mercury

Declension

Declension of Merkur

	singular
nominative	Mèrkūr
genitive	Merkúra
dative	Merkuru
accusative	Merkur(a)
vocative	Merkuru
locative	Merkuru
instrumental	Merkurom

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛrkúːr/

Proper noun

Merkȗr m anim

2. Mercury (planet)
3. (Roman mythology) Mercury

Inflection

Planet:

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative	Merkúr
genitive	Merkúra
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Merkúr
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Merkúra
dative (dajȃlnik)	Merkúru
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Merkúr
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Merkúru
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Merkúrom

God (or sometimes the planet):

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nominative	Merkúr
genitive	Merkúra
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Merkúr
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Merkúra
dative (dajȃlnik)	Merkúru
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Merkúra
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Merkúru
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Merkúrom

See also

(planets of the Solar System) planéti osónčja; Merkúr, Vénera, Zémlja, Márs, Júpiter, Satúrn, Urán, Neptún