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Marken
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marken märken
English
Etymology
Borrowed from en no Marken or en sv Markén.
Proper noun
s
en.
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Marken is the 37735th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 589 individuals. Marken is most common among White (93.55%) individuals.
Further reading
en surnames from Norwegian surnames from Swedish
Dutch
Pronunciation
nl /ˈmɑr.kə(n)/
nl Nl-Marken.ogg
nl Mar ken
nl ɑrkən 2
Etymology 1
First attested as markerhoefde in 1345. Derived from the plural form of nl dum marke border, borderland (modern nl mark).
Proper noun
n
nl village/and/former island/and/former municipality mun/Waterland p/North Holland c/Netherlands
Alternative forms
nl Mereke dialect form
Derived terms
nl Markenaar
nl Marker
Etymology 2
nl it Marche.
Proper noun
n
nl Marche Q1279
References
marken
German
Pronunciation
de [ˈmaɐ̯kŋ̩] [ˈmaɐ̯kən] [ˈmaʁkŋ̩] [ˈmaʁkən] [ˈmaʁkn̩]
de De-Marken.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de De-Marken2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Etymology 1
Noun
de noun form
de Marke
Etymology 2
Noun
de noun form
de Mark
Etymology 3
Proper noun
p.article
de Marche Q1279
Declension
p.article
See also