# marten vs merkten

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### marten
*noun · IPA […] · frequency rank #43,341*
der Marder

### merkten
*verb · IPA [ˈmɛʁktn̩] · frequency rank #34,259*
1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs merken

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/marten-vs-merkten