merken

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛrkən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch merken, from Old Dutch merken, from Proto-Germanic *markijaną.

Verb

merken

  1. to mark
  2. to notice
    Synonyms: bemerken, opmerken
Inflection
Inflection of merken (weak)
infinitive merken
past singular merkte
past participle gemerkt
infinitive merken
gerund merken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular merkmerkte
2nd person sing. (jij) merktmerkte
2nd person sing. (u) merktmerkte
2nd person sing. (gij) merktmerkte
3rd person singular merktmerkte
plural merkenmerkten
subjunctive sing.1 merkemerkte
subjunctive plur.1 merkenmerkten
imperative sing. merk
imperative plur.1 merkt
participles merkendgemerkt
1) Archaic.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

merken

  1. Plural form of merk

Anagrams


German

Etymology

From Middle High German merken, from Old High German merchen, from Proto-Germanic *markōną (to mark, notice). Cognate with Dutch merken, English mark, Icelandic marka.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛʁkŋ̍/, /ˈmɛʁkən/
  • (file)

Verb

merken (third-person singular simple present merkt, past tense merkte, past participle gemerkt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to notice
  2. (reflexive) to memorize, remember
  3. to realize
    • 1912, Franz Kafka, Die Verwandlung, in: Die Weißen Blätter. Eine Monatsschrift. year 2, issue 10, Verlag der Weißen Bücher (1915), page 1180:
      Zunächst wollte er ruhig und ungestört aufstehen, sich anziehen und vor allem frühstücken, und dann erst das Weitere überlegen, denn, das merkte er wohl, im Bett würde er mit dem Nachdenken zu keinem vernünftigen Ende kommen.
      To begin with, he wanted to get up calmly and undisturbed, get dressed and, above all, have breakfast, and only then think about everything else, because, as he realized well, in bed he would not come to a sensible conclusion with the thinking.

Conjugation

Further reading


Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch merken, from Proto-Germanic *markijaną.

Verb

merken

  1. to mark, to put a mark on, to give a mark to
  2. to watch attentively
  3. to watch, to pay attention to, to notice

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Dutch: merken
  • Limburgish: mèrke

Further reading

  • merken (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • merken”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *markijaną.

Verb

merken

  1. to mark, to put a mark on

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading

  • merken”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

West Frisian

Noun

merken

  1. plural of merk
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