Mark

See also: mark, Márk, and märk

English

Etymology

From Middle English Mark, from the Latin praenomen (i.e. first name) Mārcus, derived from Mārs, the Roman god of war, originally Māvors, from Proto-Italic *Māwortis.

Pronunciation

• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /maːk/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /mɑː(ɹ)k/
• (US) IPA^(key): /mɑɹk/
• Homophones: mark, marque
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k

Proper noun

Mark (countable and uncountable, plural Marks)

Gospel of Mark on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Mark on Wikisource.Wikisource Wiktionary has an Appendix listing books of the Bible

1. A male given name from Latin.

   Synonyms: Marc, Marco, Marcos, Marko, Markos, Marq, Marque, Marcus

   • 1988, Ann Oakley, Men's Room, pages 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."

2. A surname.
3. Mark the Evangelist, also called John Mark, the first patriarch of Alexandria, credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Mark.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC:
     , 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.

4. (biblical) The Gospel of St. Mark, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the second of the four gospels.

   Synonym: (abbreviation) Mar.

Derived terms

• Markan
• Mark Tapleyism

 

Related terms

• diminutive: Marky
• Latinate form: Marcus
• related male names: Marcel, Martin
• female given name: Marcia

Descendants

• Translingual: markmitchelli

Translations

male given name

• Afrikaans: Markus (af)
• Albanian: Márk m, Márku m, Márko m
• Arabic: مَارْك (mārk), مَرْقُس m (marqus), مَرْقُص m (marquṣ)
• Aramaic:

  Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܵܪܩܘܿܣ (marqos)

  Hebrew: מרקוס (Marqōs)

  Syriac: ܡܪܩܘܣ (Marqōs)

• Armenian: Մարկոս (hy) (Markos)
• Asturian: Marcos (ast), Marcu (ast)
• Azerbaijani: Mark
• Basque: Martzel (eu)
• Breton: Mark (br) m, Marzh m, Mezar m
• Catalan: Marc (ca) m
• Cebuano: Marcos
• Chinese:

  Eastern Min: 馬可／马可 (Mā-kō̤)

  Mandarin: 馬克／马克 (zh) (Mǎkè)

• Corsican: Marcu (co)
• Czech: Marek (cs) m
• Danish: Marcus, Markus
• Dutch: Mark (nl) m
• Estonian: Markus (et)
• Finnish: Markus (fi), Markku (fi)
• French: Marc (fr) m
• Galician: Marcos (gl) m
• Georgian: მარკოზი (marḳozi)
• German: Markus (de) m
• Greek: Μάρκος (el) m (Márkos)
• Hawaiian: Maleko
• Hebrew: מארק (mark)
• Hungarian: Márk (hu)
• Icelandic: Markús (is) m
• Ido: Markus (io) m
• Indonesian: Markus
• Ingrian: Markko
• Inuktitut: ᒫᕐᒃ (maark)
• Irish: Marcas (ga) m
• Italian: Marco (it) m
• Japanese: マーク (ja) (Māku), マルコ (Maruko) (Italian form), マルク (ja) (Maruku) (non-English form)
• Korean: 마크 (ko) (Makeu)
• Latin: Marcus (la) m
• Latvian: Marks (lv) m
• Limburgish: Marcus
• Lisu: ꓟ-ꓘꓳ (mɑ-kʰo)
• Lithuanian: Márkas m
• Macedonian: Ма́рко (Márko)
• Manx: Markys (gv) m
• Maori: Māka (mi)
• Marathi: मार्क m (mārka)
• Neapolitan: Marco
• Norwegian: Markus (no) m
• Occitan: Marc m
• Persian: مارک (fa) (mârk)
• Picard: Marc
• Polish: Marek (pl) m
• Portuguese: Marcos (pt) m, Marco (pt) m
• Romanian: Marku m, Marcu m
• Russian: Марк (ru) m (Mark)
• Sardinian: Marcu m
• Scots: Mark
• Scottish Gaelic: Marc (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Марко m

  Roman: Marko m

• Slovak: Marek m
• Slovene: Márko (sl) m
• Spanish: Marcos (es) m, Marco (es)
• Swahili: Marko (sw)
• Swedish: Markus (sv)
• Tagalog: Marcos (tl) m
• Ukrainian: Марко́ (uk) (Markó)
• Vietnamese: Mác (transliteration)
• Walloon: Må (wa)
• Waray-Waray: Marcos
• Welsh: Marc (cy) m
• West Frisian: Markus
• Wolof: Màrk
• Yiddish: מאַרק m (mark)
• Zealandic: Marcus

the Evangelist

• Afrikaans: Markus (af)
• Amharic: ማርቆስ (marḳos)
• Arabic: مَرْقُس (marqus)
• Aramaic:

  Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܵܪܩܘܿܣ (marqos)

  Hebrew: מרקוס (Marqōs)

  Syriac: ܡܪܩܘܣ (Marqōs)

• Armenian: Մարկոս (hy) (Markos)
• Asturian: Marcu (ast)
• Basque: Martzel (eu)
• Breton: Mark (br) m
• Burmese: မာကု (maku.)
• Catalan: Marc (ca)
• Cebuano: Marcos
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 馬可／马可 (maa⁵ ho²)

  Eastern Min: 馬可／马可 (Mā-kō̤)

  Hakka: 馬可／马可 (Mâ-khó)

  Hokkien: 馬可／马可 (Má-khó)

  Mandarin: 馬可／马可 (Mǎkě)

• Coptic: Ⲙⲁⲣⲕⲟⲥ (Markos)
• Corsican: Marcu (co)
• Czech: Marek (cs) m, Marka (cs) m
• Danish: Markus
• Dutch: Mark (nl) m
• Estonian: Markus (et)
• Finnish: Markus (fi)
• French: Marc (fr) m
• Georgian: მარკოზი (marḳozi)
• German: Markus (de)
• Greek: Μάρκος (el) m (Márkos)

  Ancient: Μᾶρκος m (Mârkos)

• Hawaiian: Mareko
• Hebrew: מארקוס (márkos)
• Hungarian: Márk (hu)
• Icelandic: Markús (is) m
• Ido: Markus (io) m
• Indonesian: Markus
• Irish: Marcas (ga) m
• Italian: Marco (it) m
• Japanese: マルコ (Maruko)
• Korean: 마르코 (Mareuko)
• Latin: Marcus (la) m
• Latvian: Marks (lv) m
• Limburgish: Marcus
• Lisu: ꓟ-ꓘꓳ (mɑ-kʰo)
• Lithuanian: Mõrkus (lt) m
• Macedonian: Ма́рко (Márko)
• Manx: Markys (gv) m
• Maori: Māka (mi)
• Norwegian: Markus (no)
• Old English: Marcus m
• Persian: مرقس (marqos)
• Polish: Marek (pl) m, Margusz m, Markusz m, Merkusz m
• Portuguese: Marcos (pt) m
• Romanian: Marcu m
• Russian: Марк (ru) m (Mark)
• Scots: Mark
• Scottish Gaelic: Marc (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Марко m

  Roman: Marko m

• Slovak: Marek m
• Slovene: Marko (sl) m
• Spanish: Marcos (es)
• Swahili: Marko (sw) class 6
• Swedish: Markus (sv)
• Tagalog: Marcos (tl) m
• Tamil: மாற்கு (māṟku)
• Thai: มาระโก
• Vietnamese: Máccô (Catholic), Mác (Protestant)
• Walloon: Må (wa)
• Waray-Waray: Marcos
• Welsh: Marc (cy) m
• West Frisian: Markus
• Wolof: Màrk
• Zealandic: Marcus

book of the Bible

• Afrikaans: Markus (af)
• Arabic: مَرْقُس m (marqus), إِنْجِيل مَرْقُس m (ʔinjīl marqus)
• Aramaic:

  Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܸܘܲܢܓܸܠܝܼܘܼܢ ܕܡܵܪܩܘܿܣ (iwāngiliyun d-marqos)

  Hebrew: כרוזותא דמרקוס (Kārōzūtā’ d'Marqōs)

  Syriac: ܟܪܘܙܘܬܐ ܕܡܪܩܘܣ (Kārōzūtā’ d'Marqōs)

• Asturian: Marcu (ast)
• Basque: Martzel (eu)
• Breton: Mark (br) m
• Catalan: Marc (ca)
• Cebuano: Marcos
• Chinese:

  Eastern Min: 馬可／马可 (Mā-kō̤)

• Corsican: Marcu (co)
• Czech: Marka (cs) m
• Danish: Markusevangeliet n (definitive form)
• Dutch: Evangelie naar Marcus
• Estonian: Markuse
• Finnish: Markuksen evankeliumi
• French: Marc (fr) m
• German: Markus (de) m
• Greek: κατά Μάρκον n (katá Márkon)

  Hellenistic: κατά Μᾶρκον n (katá Mârkon)

• Hawaiian: Mareko
• Hebrew: ספר מארקוס (séfer márqos), מארקוס (márqos)
• Hungarian: Márk (hu)
• Icelandic: Markús (is) m
• Ido: Markus (io) m
• Indonesian: Markus
• Irish: Soiscéal Naofa Íosa Críost de réir Mharcais m, Soiscéal Mharcais m, Marcas (ga) m
• Italian: Marco (it) m
• Japanese: マルコによる福音書 (Maruko ni yoro fukuinsho)
• Korean: 마르코 복음서 (mareuko bogeumseo)
• Ladino: בשורה אסיגון מרק (Besorá asigún Mark)
• Latin: Marcus (la) m
• Latvian: Marks (lv) m
• Limburgish: Marcus
• Lithuanian: Evangelija pagal Morkų (lt) f
• Macedonian: Еванге́лие спо́ред Ма́рко (Evangélie spóred Márko)
• Maltese: L-Evanġelju ta’ San Mark (mt)
• Maori: Māka (mi)
• Norwegian: Evangeliet etter Markus n
• Persian: مرقس (marqos)
• Polish: Ewangelia Marka f
• Portuguese: Marcos (pt) m
• Romanian: Marcu m
• Russian: Ева́нгелие от Ма́рка n (Jevángelije ot Márka)
• Scots: Mark
• Scottish Gaelic: Marc (gd) m
• Slovak: Marek m
• Slovene: Marko (sl) m
• Spanish: Evangelio según San Marcos, Marcos (es) m
• Swahili: Marko (sw) class 6
• Swedish: Markus (sv) m
• Tagalog: Marcos (tl) m
• Tamil: மாற்கு (māṟku)
• Thai: มาระโก
• Vietnamese: Máccô (Catholic), Mác (Protestant)
• Walloon: Må (wa)
• Waray-Waray: Marcos
• Welsh: Marc (cy) m, Yr Efengyl yn ôl Sant Marc f
• West Frisian: Markus
• Zealandic: Marcus

See also

• Markisha

Noun

Mark

1. (astronomy) Abbreviation of Markarian.

Alternative forms

• (Markarian): Mark.

Synonyms

(Markarian):

• Mkr, Mkr., MKR
• Mrk, Mrk., MRK
• Mkn, Mkn., MKN

Anagrams

• Karm

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Marcus.

Proper noun

Mark (m Marku or (alternative Gheg definite form) Marki)

1. a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Marc

Declension

• Standard/Tosk:

Declension of Mark

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	Mark	Marku	Markë	Markët
accusative		Markun
dative	Marku	Markut	Markëve	Markëve
ablative			Markësh

• Alternative Ghegforms:

Declension of Mark

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	Mark	Marki	Mark(ë/a)	Mark(ë/a)t
accusative		Markin
dative	Marki	Markit	Mark(ë/a)ve	Mark(ë/a)ve
ablative			Mark(ë/a)sh

Derived terms

• Markaj

Related terms

• Marte f, Martja f
• Martin m, Martini m
• Martinaj

Azerbaijani

Proper noun

Mark

1. A transliteration of the English male given name Mark.

Danish

Proper noun

Mark

1. a male given name borrowed from English, or short for Markvard

Dutch

Alternative forms

• Marc

Etymology

(given name): From Latin Marcus.

(hamlet): First attested as ab aqueductu marken nuncupato in 1316. Derived from Middle Dutch marke (“border, borderland, march”), from Old Dutch *marka, from Proto-West Germanic *marku.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɑrk/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Mark
• Rhymes: -ɑrk

Proper noun

Mark m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Mark
2. A hamlet in West Betuwe, Gelderland, Netherlands

References

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

Anagrams

• kram

Estonian

Proper noun

Mark

1. a male given name, a short form of Markus
2. a surname

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [maʁk], [mark], [maɐ̯k], [maːk]

• Audio (Germany):

  (file)

• Audio (Germany):

  (file)

• Audio (Austria); “die Mark”:

  (file)

Etymology 1

Zwanzig Mark Gold, 1873

From Middle High German marc, marke.

Noun

Mark f (genitive Mark, plural Mark)

2. mark (any of various European monetary units)
3. (historical, informal) Ellipsis of Deutsche Mark.
4. (historical, East Germany, 1968–1990) Ellipsis of Mark der DDR.

   Synonyms: Ostmark, Mark-Ost, M

Declension

Declension of Mark [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Mark	die	Mark
genitive	einer	der	Mark	der	Mark
dative	einer	der	Mark	den	Mark
accusative	eine	die	Mark	die	Mark

Hyponyms

• Courantmark
• Deutsche Mark
• Estnische Mark
• Finnische Mark
• Finnmark
• Goldmark
• Konvertible Mark
• Kurantmark
• Mark Banco
• Ostmark
• Papiermark
• Polnische Mark
• Reichsmark
• Rentenmark
• Silbermark
• Westmark

 

Descendants

• → Yiddish: מאַרק (mark)

Etymology 2

From Middle High German marke, from Old High German marka, from Proto-West Germanic *marku, cognate with Latin margo, whence English margin.

Noun

Mark f (genitive Mark, plural Marken)

2. a usually fortified area along the border; marches

   Synonym: Grenzmark

Declension

Declension of Mark [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Mark	die	Marken
genitive	einer	der	Mark	der	Marken
dative	einer	der	Mark	den	Marken
accusative	eine	die	Mark	die	Marken

Hyponyms

• Billungermark
• Böhmische Mark
• Bretonische Mark
• Dänische Mark
• Fränkische Mark
• Kurmark
• Mark Brandenburg
• Mark Meißen
• Nordmark
• Ostmark
• Spanische Mark
• Thüringische Mark
• Ungarische Mark
• Weiße Mark
• Windische Mark

 

Related terms

• Markbrücke
• Markgraf
• Markstein
• Markwart

 

Proper noun

Mark m (proper noun, strong, genitive Marks)

2. a male given name, short form of compound names beginning with the Germanic element mark "area along the border", such as Markolf and Markward

Etymology 3

Querschnitt eines Knochens mit Mark

Tomatenmark

From Middle High German marc, from Old High German marg, from Proto-West Germanic *maʀg, from Proto-Germanic *mazgą, from Proto-Indo-European *mozgos, *mosgʰos.

Cognate with Dutch merg, English marrow, Swedish märg, Norwegian Bokmål marg, Icelandic mergur, Sanskrit मज्जन् (majjan), Russian мозг (mozg, “marrow, brain”), Polish mózg (“brain”).

Noun

Mark n (strong, genitive Markes or Marks, no plural)

1. marrow

   Synonym: Knochenmark

2. pith, the solid mass in the inner of a fruit

   Synonym: Fruchtmark

Declension

Declension of Mark [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Mark
genitive	eines	des	Markes, Marks
dative	einem	dem	Mark, Marke1
accusative	ein	das	Mark

¹Now rare, see notes.

Hyponyms

• Knochenmark

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Latin Marcus.

Proper noun

Mark m (proper noun, strong, genitive Marks)

2. a male given name from Latin, variant of Markus, equivalent to English Mark

Related terms

• Marcus, Markus

Etymology 5

Noun

Mark m (strong, genitive Markes or Marks, no plural)

2. Alternative form of Merk (“water parsnip”)
   • 1857, Eduard Schmidlin, Populäre Botanik oder gemeinfassliche Anleitung zum Studium der Pflanze und des Pflanzenreiches. Zugleich ein Handbuch zum Bestimmen der Pflanzen auf Excursionen, Stuttgart: Krais & Hoffmann, 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

Declension of Mark [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Mark
genitive	eines	des	Markes, Marks
dative	einem	dem	Mark, Marke1
accusative	einen	den	Mark

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• “Mark” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Mark” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• “Mark”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
• “Mark” in Duden online
• “Mark” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Marshallese

Etymology

From English Mark.

Proper noun

Mark

1. (biblical, given name) Mark