different between merl vs merk

English

Noun

merl (plural merls)

1. Alternative form of merle (blackbird)

Anagrams

• Erml

Romansch

Etymology

From Late Latin merulum, from Latin merula.

Noun

merl m (plural merls)

1. (Puter, Vallader) blackbird

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) merlotscha
• (Sutsilvan) marlotscha

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

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Noun

merk c (plural merken, diminutive merkje)

1. market

Further reading

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