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mark Márk märk
English
thumb|Mark Post Office and stores, Somerset
Etymology
From en enm Mark, from the en la - en praenomen (i.e. en first name) la Mārcus, derived from la Mārs, the Roman god of war, originally la Māvors, from en itc-pro *Māwortis.
Pronunciation
en /maːk/ AU
en /mɑː(ɹ)k/ UK
en /mɑɹk/ US
en en-us-mark.ogg US
en mark marque
en ɑː(ɹ)k 1
Proper noun
~
Gospel of Mark
en male Latin.
en Marc Marco Marcos Marko Markos Marq Marque Marcus
en 1988 Ann Oakley Men's Room 25–26 "And your name?" she said, "I suppose it's quite unremarkable?" "Very funny." "Mark. It could stand as a symbol of a man, for men as a category," she reflected, "but I don't suppose that's why your mother gave it to you?" "My mother's motives always were impenetrable to me. I was her only child, she wanted a simple life. So she gave me a simple name to go along with it. --- It wasn't a popular name until the nineteenth century. People were put off by King Mark in the Tristram and Iseult."
en Alexandra Jaffe First on CNN: New Rove-linked group spends $2M to boost GOP incumbents w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2015/05/12/politics/one-nation-gop-group-launch/index.html 2015-05-12 One Nation, a new 501(c)4 linked to the Karl-Rove-backed American Crossroads super PAC, is spending more than $1.9 million on print, radio and digital ads highlighting the efforts of Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk, North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr, New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte, Ohio Sen. Rob Portman and Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey to pass the “doc fix” legislation that realigned payments to Medicare providers with inflation. https://web.archive.org/web/20260228000358/https://www.cnn.com/2015/05/12/politics/one-nation-gop-group-launch/index.html 28 February 2026
en.
Mark the Evangelist, also called John Mark, the first patriarch of Alexandria, credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Mark.
, Acts 15: 37-39:
And Barnabas was determined to take with them John, whose surname was Mark. But Paul thought it not good to take him with them, who departed from them in Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work. And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder from the other; and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed to Cyprus.
en Q107388 en biblical The Gospel of St. Mark, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the second of the four gospels.
en Mar.<id:Q107388><qq:abbreviation>
en Matthew<id:Q392302> Luke<id:Q39939> John<id:Q36766>
en village/and/cpar in co/Somerset cc/England previously in dist/Sedgemoor OS grid ref ST3747. Parish map (England)
Derived terms
en Markan Markie Marks Point Mark Tapleyism mark tree
Related terms
diminutive: Marky
Latinate form: Marcus
related male names: Marcel, Martin
female given name: Marcia
Descendants
pon Mark 1
mul markmitchelli 1
Translations
male given name
Afrikaans: af Markus
Albanian: sq Márk m, sq Márku m, sq Márko m
Arabic: ar مَارْك, ar مَرْقُس m, ar مَرْقُص m
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܡܵܪܩܘܿܣ marqos
Hebrew script: arc מרקוס Marqōs
Syriac: syc ܡܪܩܘܣ Marqōs
Armenian: hy Մարկոս
Asturian: ast Marcos, ast Marcu
Azerbaijani: az Mark
Basque: eu Martzel
Belarusian: be Марк m
Breton: br Mark m, br Marzh m, br Mezar m
Catalan: ca Marc m
Cebuano: ceb Marcos
Chinese:
Eastern Min: cdo 馬可 Mā-kō̤
Mandarin: cmn 馬克 Mǎkè
Coptic: cop ⲙⲁⲣⲕⲟⲥ, cop ⲙⲁⲣⲕⲟ, cop ⲙⲁⲣⲕ, cop ⲙⲁⲣⲕⲟⲩ
Corsican: co Marcu
Czech: cs Marek m
Danish: da Marcus, da Markus
Dutch: nl Mark m
Estonian: et Markus
Finnish: fi Markus, fi Markku
French: fr Marc m
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Markus
Galician: gl Marcos m
Georgian: ka მარკოზი
German: de Markus m
Greek: el Μάρκος m
Ancient Greek: grc Μᾶρκος m
Hawaiian: haw Maleko
Hebrew: he מארק mark
Hindi: hi मार्क m
Hungarian: hu Márk
Icelandic: is Markús m
Ido: io Markus m
Indonesian: id Markus
Ingrian: izh Markko
Inuktitut: iu ᒫᕐᒃ
Irish: ga Marcas m
Italian: it Marco m
Japanese: ja マーク Māku, ja マルコ Maruko Italian form, ja マルク Maruku non-English form
Korean: ko ^마크
Latin: la Marcus m
Latvian: lv Marks m
Limburgish: li Marcus
Lisu: lis ꓟ-ꓘꓳ
Lithuanian: lt Márkas m
Macedonian: mk Ма́рко
Manx: gv Markys m
Māori: mi Māka
Marathi: mr मार्क m
Neapolitan: nap Marco
Norwegian: no Markus m
Occitan: oc Marc m
Old Nubian: onw ⲙⲁⲣⲕⲟⲥ, onw ⲙⲁⲣⲕⲟ, onw ⲙⲁⲣⲕⲱ, onw ⲙⲁⲣⲕⲟⲩ
Persian: fa مارک mârk
Picard: pcd Marc
Polish: pl Marek m
Portuguese: pt Marcos m, pt Marco m
Romanian: ro Marku m, ro Marcu m
Russian: ru Марк m
Sardinian: sc Marcu m
Scots: sco Mark
Scottish Gaelic: gd Marc m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Марко m
Latin: sh Marko m
Slovak: sk Marek m
Slovene: sl Márko m
Spanish: es Marcos m, es Marco
Swahili: sw Marko
Swedish: sv Markus
Tagalog: tl Marcos m, tl Marco, tl Mark
Ukrainian: uk Марко́, uk Марк
Vietnamese: vi Mác transliteration
Walloon: wa Må
Waray-Waray: war Marcos
Welsh: cy Marc m
Wolof: wo Màrk
Yiddish: yi מאַרק m
Zealandic: zea Marcus
the Evangelist
Afrikaans: af Markus
Amharic: am ማርቆስ
Arabic: ar مَرْقُس
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܡܵܪܩܘܿܣ marqos
Hebrew script: arc מרקוס Marqōs
Syriac: syc ܡܪܩܘܣ Marqōs
Armenian: hy Մարկոս
Asturian: ast Marcu
Basque: eu Martzel
Breton: br Mark m
Burmese: my မာကု
Catalan: ca Marc
Cebuano: ceb Marcos
Cherokee: chr ᎹᎦ
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 馬可 maa5 ho2
Eastern Min: cdo 馬可 Mā-kō̤
Hakka: hak 馬可 Mâ-khó
Hokkien: nan-hbl 馬可 Má-khó
Mandarin: cmn 馬可 Mǎkě
Coptic: cop ⲙⲁⲣⲕⲟⲥ
Corsican: co Marcu
Czech: cs Marek m, cs Marka m
Danish: da Markus
Dutch: nl Mark m
Estonian: et Markus
Finnish: fi Markus
French: fr Marc m
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Markus
Georgian: ka მარკოზი
German: de Markus
Greek: el Μάρκος m
Ancient Greek: grc Μᾶρκος m
Hawaiian: haw Mareko
Hebrew: he מארקוס márkos
Hindi: hi मरक़ुस m
Hungarian: hu Márk
Icelandic: is Markús m
Ido: io Markus m
Indonesian: id Markus
Irish: ga Marcas m
Italian: it Marco m
Japanese: ja マルコ Maruko
Korean: ko ^마르코
Latin: la Marcus m
Latvian: lv Marks m
Limburgish: li Marcus
Lisu: lis ꓟ-ꓘꓳ
Lithuanian: lt Mõrkus m
Macedonian: mk Ма́рко
Malay: ms Markus
Manx: gv Markys m
Māori: mi Māka
Norwegian: no Markus
Old English: ang Marcus m
Old Nubian: onw ⲙⲁⲣⲕⲟⲥ
Persian: fa مرقس marqos
Pohnpeian: pon Mark
Polish: pl Marek m, pl Margusz m, pl Markusz m, pl Merkusz m
Portuguese: pt Marcos m
Romanian: ro Marcu m
Russian: ru Марк m
Scots: sco Mark
Scottish Gaelic: gd Marc m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Марко m
Latin: sh Marko m
Slovak: sk Marek m
Slovene: sl Marko m
Spanish: es Marcos
Swahili: sw Marko c6
Swedish: sv Markus
Tagalog: tl Marcos m
Tamil: ta மாற்கு
Thai: th มาระโก
Tumbuka: tum Mariko
Vietnamese: vi Máccô Catholic, vi Mác Protestant
Walloon: wa Må
Waray-Waray: war Marcos
Welsh: cy Marc m
Wolof: wo Màrk
Zealandic: zea Marcus
book of the Bible
Afrikaans: af Markus
Arabic: ar مَرْقُس m, ar إِنْجِيل مَرْقُس m
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܐܸܘܲܢܓܸܠܝܼܘܼܢ ܕܡܵܪܩܘܿܣ iwāngiliyun d-marqos
Hebrew script: arc כרוזותא דמרקוס Kārōzūtā’ d'Marqōs
Syriac: syc ܟܪܘܙܘܬܐ ܕܡܪܩܘܣ Kārōzūtā’ d'Marqōs
Asturian: ast Marcu
Basque: eu Martzel
Breton: br Mark m
Catalan: ca Marc
Cebuano: ceb Marcos
Chinese:
Eastern Min: cdo 馬可 Mā-kō̤
Coptic: cop ⲙⲁⲣⲕⲟⲥ
Corsican: co Marcu
Czech: cs Marka m
Danish: da Markusevangeliet n definitive form
Dutch: nl Evangelie naar Marcus
Estonian: et Markuse
Finnish: fi Markuksen evankeliumi
French: fr Marc m
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Markus
German: de Markus m
Greek: el κατά Μάρκον n
Hellenistic Greek: grc κατά Μᾶρκον n
Hawaiian: haw Mareko
Hebrew: he ספר מארקוס séfer márqos, he מארקוס márqos
Hindi: hi मरक़ुस m
Hungarian: hu Márk
Icelandic: is Markús m
Ido: io Markus m
Indonesian: id Markus
Irish: ga Soiscéal Naofa Íosa Críost de réir Mharcais m, ga Soiscéal Mharcais m, ga Marcas m
Italian: it Marco m
Japanese: ja マルコによる福音書 Maruko ni yoro fukuinsho
Korean: ko 마르코 복음서
Ladino: lad בשורה אסיגון מרק Besorá asigún Mark
Latin: la Marcus m
Latvian: lv Marks m
Limburgish: li Marcus
Lithuanian: lt Evangelija pagal Morkų f
Macedonian: mk Еванге́лие спо́ред Ма́рко
Malay: ms Markus
Maltese: mt L-Evanġelju ta' San Mark
Māori: mi Māka
Norwegian: no Evangeliet etter Markus n
Persian: fa مرقس marqos
Pohnpeian: pon Mark
Polish: pl Ewangelia Marka f
Portuguese: pt Marcos m
Romanian: ro Marcu m
Russian: ru Ева́нгелие от Ма́рка n
Scots: sco Mark
Scottish Gaelic: gd Marc m
Slovak: sk Marek m
Slovene: sl Marko m
Spanish: es Evangelio según San Marcos, es Marcos m
Swahili: sw Marko c6
Swedish: sv Markusevangeliet n
Tagalog: tl Marcos m
Tamil: ta மாற்கு
Thai: th มาระโก
Tumbuka: tum Mariko
Vietnamese: vi Máccô Catholic, vi Mác Protestant
Walloon: wa Må
Waray-Waray: war Marcos
Welsh: cy Marc m, cy Yr Efengyl yn ôl Sant Marc f
Zealandic: zea Marcus
See also
en Markisha
Noun
en noun
en galaxy en Markarian.
Alternative forms
Markarian en Mark.
Synonyms
Markarian
en Mkr, en Mkr., en MKR
en Mrk, en Mrk., en MRK
en Mkn, en Mkn., en MKN
References
Anagrams
en akmr Karm
en Biblical characters
Albanian
Etymology
Borrowed from sq la Marcus.
Proper noun
sq proper noun m Marku or Marki alternative <<Gheg>> definite form
sq male Latin Marc
Declension
Standard/Tosk:
u Markë
Alternative Ghegforms:
i Mark(ë/a)
Derived terms
sq Markaj
Related terms
sq Marte f, sq Martja f
sq Martin m, sq Martini m
sq Martinaj
Azerbaijani
Proper noun
az en male given name Mark
Danish
Proper noun
da proper noun
da male borrowed from English, or short for Markvard
Dutch
Alternative forms
nl Marc
Etymology
given name From nl la Marcus.
hamlet First attested as ab aqueductu marken nuncupato in 1316. Derived from nl dum marke border, borderland, march, from nl odt *marka, from nl gmw-pro *marku.
Pronunciation
nl /mɑrk/
nl Nl-Mark.ogg
nl Mark
nl ɑrk 1
Proper noun
m
nl male Mark
nl hamlet mun/West Betuwe p/Gelderland c/Netherlands
Derived terms
nl Teflon Mark
References
Anagrams
nl kram
Estonian
Proper noun
et proper noun
et male, a short form of et Markus
et
German
de:
Pronunciation
de [maʁk] [mark] [maɐ̯k] [maːk]
de De-Mark2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de De-at-Mark.ogg Austria die Mark
Etymology 1
de:+ (Währung)
horizontal 2 20 M Gold Kaiser Wilhelm I. von Preussen 1873 70.jpg de Zwanzig Mark Gold, 1873 20 M Gold Kaiser Wilhelm I. von Preussen B 76.jpg
From de gmh marc, gmh marke.
Noun
f,-
de currency mark any of various European monetary units
de historical informal de Deutsche Mark
de historical DDR 1968–1990 de Mark der DDR
de Ostmark Mark-Ost M
de figurative jocular rare Euro
Declension
f,-
Hyponyms
de Courantmark Deutsche Mark Estnische Mark Finnische Mark Finnmark Goldmark Konvertible Mark Mark Banco Ostmark Papiermark Polnische Mark Reichsmark Rentenmark Silbermark Westmark Kurantmark
Descendants
yi מאַרק 1
Etymology 2
de:+ (Territorium)
de gem-pro 1
From de gmh marke, from de goh marka, from de gmw-pro *marku, cognate with la margo, whence en margin.
Noun
f
de border region a usually fortified area along the border; marches
de Grenzmark
Declension
f
Hyponyms
de Altmark Billungermark Böhmische Mark Bretonische Mark Dänemark Dänische Mark Elbmark Fränkische Mark Geromark Kurmark Mark Brandenburg Mark Lausitz Mark Meißen Mark Merseburg Mark Zeitz Mittelmark Neumark Nordmark Ostmark Sorbenmark Spanische Mark Steiermark Thüringische Mark Uckermark Ungarische Mark Vormark Weiße Mark Windische Mark
Related terms
de Markbrücke Markgraf Markstein Markwart
Proper noun
m
de Germanic name de male, short form of compound names beginning with the Germanic element mark "area along the border", such as Markolf and Markward
Etymology 3
de marrow
de:Knochenmark
horizontal 2 Médulaamarilla.jpg de Querschnitt eines Knochens mit Mark Tomato pure.jpg de Tomatenmark
From de gmh marc, from de goh marg, from de gmw-pro *maʀg, from de gem-pro *mazgą, from de ine-pro *mozgos, ine-pro *mosgʰos.
Cognate with nl merg, en marrow, sv märg, nb marg, is mergur, sa मज्जन्, ru мозг marrow, brain, pl mózg brain.
Noun
n,(e)s.sg
marrow
de Knochenmark
pith, the solid mass in the inner of a fruit
de Fruchtmark
concentrated puree of a fruit or vegetable
Declension
n,(e)s.sg
Hyponyms
de Knochenmark
Etymology 4
de :bor la:Marcus
de la Marcus.
Proper noun
m
de Marcus de male Mark Latin Markus
Related terms
de Marcus, de Markus
Etymology 5
Noun
m,(e)s.sg
de water parsnip de Merk water parsnip
de 1857 w:de:Eduard Schmidlin 638 Populäre Botanik oder gemeinfassliche Anleitung zum Studium der Pflanze und des Pflanzenreiches. Zugleich ein Handbuch zum Bestimmen der Pflanzen auf Excursionen Stuttgart Krais & Hoffmann https://archive.org/details/populrebotanik00schm/page/638 […] Fig. 629 den breitblätterigen Mark (Sium latifolium), eine häufige aber etwas verdächtige Dolde in Gräben und an feuchten Orten; […] […] Fig. 629 the broad-leaved water parsnip (Sium latifolium), a frequent but somewhat suspicious umbel in ditches and moist places; […]
Declension
m,(e)s.sg
Further reading
68025
Anagrams
de akmr Kram kram
de Currencies
Marshallese
Etymology
mh en Mark.
Proper noun
proper noun
mh biblical character given name Mark
mh Christianity
Pohnpeian
Etymology
pon en Mark.
Pronunciation
pon /mɐrk/
pon ɐrk 1
Proper noun
pon proper noun
pon biblical character en Mark biblical figure
pon book of the bible en Mark book of the Bible
Coordinate terms
References
+ pnp-m.htm#16291
Swedish
Proper noun
sv proper noun
sv Markusevangeliet: en Mar. Q107388, en Mark Q107388