# merken
## Dutch
### Pronunciation

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* Rhymes: -ɛrkən

### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch merken, from Old Dutch merken, from Proto-West Germanic *marikjan, from Proto-Germanic *markijaną.

#### Verb

merken
* to mark
* to notice
    Synonyms: bemerken, opmerken

##### Derived terms

* aanmerken
* bemerken
* brandmerken
* kenmerken
* merkbaar
* merkwaardig
* opmerken

##### Descendants

* Negerhollands: merk

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

merken
* plural of merk

### Anagrams

* kermen

## German
### Etymology

From Middle High German merken, from Old High German merchen, from Proto-West Germanic *markijan, from Proto-Germanic *markijaną (“to mark, notice”). Cognate with Dutch merken and Icelandic merkja.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɛʁkŋ̍/, /ˈmɛʁkən/
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### Verb

merken (weak, third-person singular present merkt, past tense merkte, past participle gemerkt, auxiliary haben)
* (transitive) to notice (a situation, difference not readily apparent)
    Man merkt das ja kaum. ― You barely notice it.
    Ich bin schwanger aber merke nichts. ― I'm pregnant but I can't feel anything.
* (transitive, reflexive) to memorize, remember, learn
    Ich merkte mir alles. ― I memorized everything.
* to realize
** 1915 October, Franz Kafka, “Die Verwandlung [The Metamorphosis]”, in Die Weißen Blätter […] ‎, volume 2, number 10, Verlag der Weißen Bücher, page 1180:Zunächst wollte er ruhig und ungestört aufstehen, sich anziehen und vor allem frühstücken, und dann erst das Weitere überlegen, denn, das merkte er wohl, im Bett würde er mit dem Nachdenken zu keinem vernünftigen Ende kommen.To begin with, he wanted to get up calmly and undisturbed, get dressed and, above all, have breakfast, and only then think about everything else, because, as he realized well, in bed he would not come to a sensible conclusion with the thinking.

#### Conjugation

$^1$Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.

#### Related terms

* anmerken
* aufmerken
* bemerken
* bemerkenswert
* Bemerkung
* Mark
* Merkblatt
* Merkmal
* merkwürdig
* Merkzettel
* vermerken
* vormerken

### Further reading

* “merken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* “merken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
* “merken” in Duden online
* “merken” in OpenThesaurus.de

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology

From Old Dutch merken.

### Verb

merken
* to mark, to put a mark on, to give a mark to
* to watch attentively
* to watch, to pay attention to, to notice

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

#### Descendants

* Dutch: merken
* Limburgish: mèrke

### Further reading

* “merken (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “merken”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

## Old Dutch
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *markijan, from Proto-Germanic *markijaną.

### Verb

merken
* to mark, to put a mark on

#### Descendants

* Middle Dutch: merken
** Dutch: merken
** Limburgish: mèrke

#### Further reading

* “merken”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

## West Frisian
### Noun

merken
* plural of merk