different between merk vs erk

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(?)k

Etymology 1

Noun

merk (plural merks)

1. Obsolete spelling of mark
2. (Scotland) Alternative form of mark

Etymology 2

Verb

merk (third-person singular simple present merks, present participle merking, simple past and past participle merked)

1. Alternative spelling of murk (“to murder”)
2. (African-American Vernacular, slang) to run
   • 2014 "How Poor Young Black Men Run from the Police", Alice Goffman, pub. Vice.com May 8, 2014: "If you hear the law coming, you merk on [run away from] them niggas."

Anagrams

• kmer

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?rk

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch marc, merc, from Proto-Germanic *mark? (“mark, sign”), cognate with English mark, German Mark.

Noun

merk n (plural merken, diminutive merkje n)

1. mark
2. logo
3. brand

Derived terms

• brandmerk
• handelsmerk
• kenmerk
• oogmerk

Related terms

• merken

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: merek

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

merk

1. first-person singular present indicative of merken
2. imperative of merken

Anagrams

• kerm

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?rk/

Noun

mèrk (first-person possessive merkku, second-person possessive merkmu, third-person possessive merknya)

1. Nonstandard form of merek.

Further reading

• “merk” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

merk

1. imperative of merke

West Frisian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

merk c (plural merken, diminutive merkje)

1. market

Further reading

• “merk (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(r)k

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

erk (plural erks)

1. (Britain, slang) a member of the groundcrew in the RAF.
   • 2004, Andrea Levy, Small Island, London: Review, Chapter Nine, p. 345,^[1]

     But I wasn’t accepted for flying duty—eyesight failed me. Neither was Frank, which, I’m ashamed to say, I found a relief. We were both channelled as aircrafthands, known to everyone as erks.

Etymology 2

Interjection

erk

1. Expressing trepidation; eek.

Anagrams

• Ker, RKE, ker-

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *herkkä. Cognate to Finnish herkkä (“delicate, sensitive”), Livonian erk (“lively”), and Votic herkka (“gentle”). See also ere.

Adjective

erk (genitive ergu, partitive erku) orerk (genitive erga, partitive erka)

1. lively, energetic, vivacious
2. snappy, alert, sharp, ready to react
3. bright, vivid, intense

Declension

Turkish

Etymology

From ermek ("to reach")

Noun

erk (definite accusative erki, plural erkler)

1. ability to have a say in (power to influence)

Declension

Derived terms

• erke
• erkek

Uzbek

Noun

erk (plural erklar)

1. freedom; liberty