Merk

• As a Dutch surname, variant of Mark (both senses).
• As a German surname, From German Merk, shortening of Markwardt.

Merk (plural Merks)

1. A surname.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Merk is the 23054^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1109 individuals. Merk is most common among White (96.21%) individuals.

• kmer, Kmer

Merk ?

1. Marck (a city in Pas-de-Calais department, France)

• IPA^(key): [mɛʁk], [mɛrk], [mɛɐ̯k]

Borrowed from Middle Low German merk, from Old Saxon *merk, *merik, from Proto-West Germanic *marik.

• Mark, Merke, Merck

Merk m (strong, genitive Merkes or Merks, plural Merks)

1. 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.

Borrowed from Middle Low German merk, doublet of Mark.

Merk n (strong, genitive Merkes or Merks, plural Merke)

1. (obsolete) mark, token, indicium

• “Merk” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.

From German Merk.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛrk/
• Rhymes: -ɛrk
• Syllabification: Merk

Merk m pers

1. a male surname

Merk f (indeclinable)

1. a female surname

• “Merk”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022