Marken

See also: marken and märken

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian Marken or Swedish Markén.

Proper noun

Marken (plural Markens)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Marken is the 37735^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 589 individuals. Marken is most common among White (93.55%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Marken”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 517.

Dutch

Alternative forms

• Mereke (dialect form)

Etymology

First attested as markerhoefde in 1345. Derived from the plural form of Middle Dutch marke (“border, borderland”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑr.kə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: Mar‧ken
• Rhymes: -ɑrkən

Proper noun

Marken n

1. A village, former island, and former municipality of Waterland, North Holland, Netherlands

Derived terms

• Markenaar
• Marker

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “marken”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎ (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmaɐ̯kŋ̩], [ˈmaɐ̯kən], [ˈmaʁkŋ̩], [ˈmaʁkən], [ˈmaʁkn̩]

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Etymology 1

Noun

Marken

1. plural of Marke

Etymology 2

Noun

Marken

1. plural of Mark

Etymology 3

Proper noun

die Marken pl (proper noun, plural only, usually definite)

1. Marche (an administrative region in central Italy)

Declension

	plural
	def.	noun
nominative	die	Marken
genitive	der	Marken
dative	den	Marken
accusative	die	Marken

Declension of Marken [pl-only]

See also

• (administrative regions of Italy) Italienische Regionen; Abruzzen, Aostatal, Apulien, Basilikata, Emilia-Romagna, Friaul-Julisch Venetien, Kalabrien, Kampanien, Latium, Ligurien, Lombardei, Marken, Molise, Piemont, Sardinien, Sizilien, Toskana, Trentino-Südtirol, Umbrien, Venetien ^{(Category: de:Administrative regions of Italy)}