Merk
See also: merk
English
Etymology
Proper noun
Merk (plural Merks)
- A surname
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Merk is the 23054th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1109 individuals. Merk is most common among White (96.21%) individuals.
Anagrams
German
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Sium_latifolium_sl1.jpg/250px-Sium_latifolium_sl1.jpg)
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Low German merk, from Old Saxon *merk, *merik, from Proto-Germanic *marikaz.
Cognate to Old English merċe, mereċe, Middle English merche, English march, Old Norse merki, Danish mærke, Norwegian merke, Swedish märke.
Passed at some point into Polish marek.
Either a k-derivation of *mari (“sea”) because of growing near water or from *murhǭ (“carrot”) because of its tubers.
Alternative forms
Noun
Merk m (genitive Merks or Merkes, plural Merks)
- water parsnip (Sium gen. et spp.)
- 1625, Valerius Herberger, Florilegium ex paradiso psalmorum. Paradiß-Blümlein, aus dem Lust-Garten der 150. Psalmen, nebst den Geheimnissen von Christo Jesu, Leipzig: Johann Friedrich Gleditschens seel. Sohn, published 1727 GB, page 24a:
- Ich muß auch hier eines guten bürgerlichen Hauß-Lateins gedencken. Es sind zwey Kräutlein: Eins heißt Merck, Sium oder Bachpungen. Das andere Melden, Atriplex. Das braucht ihr zum Grün-Kraut; davon haben eure Groß-Eltern etliche Reyme, die haben sehr viel Augen.
Mercks und Melden
Wachsen beyd in einem Felden.
Brich Mercks; laß Melden stahn,
So wirst du gewiß ein kluger Mann.- Here too I have to commemorate a good burgherly house Latin: It’s two little herbs: One is called water parsnip, Sium or Bachpungen. The other saltbush, Atriplex. This you need to the green herb; of it your grand parents have many a rhyme, they have many eyes.
Water parsnips and saltbushes
Both grow in one field.
Break water parsnips; let saltbushes stay,
So you surely become a wise man.
- Here too I have to commemorate a good burgherly house Latin: It’s two little herbs: One is called water parsnip, Sium or Bachpungen. The other saltbush, Atriplex. This you need to the green herb; of it your grand parents have many a rhyme, they have many eyes.
Declension
Etymology 2
From Middle Low German merk, doublet of Mark.
Noun
Merk n (genitive Merks or Merkes, plural Merke)
Declension
References
- “Merk” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
Polish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Merk m pers or f
Declension
Masculine surname:
Declension of Merk
The feminine surname is indeclinable.
Derived terms
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