merken
German, verb/ˈmɛʁkŋ̍/
merken is a German verb meaning “to notice, to sense, to be able to tell (the difference in a situation or state)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas mit den Sinnen wahrnehmen, sich einer Sache bewusst werden”.
What does merken mean in English?
verb
- 1
to notice, to sense, to be able to tell (the difference in a situation or state)
nichts von etwas merken
- 2
to memorize, remember, learn
Ich merkte mir alles.
- 3
to realize
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas mit den Sinnen wahrnehmen, sich einer Sache bewusst werden 2. etwas im Gedächtnis speichern
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of merken
- merkt present singular third-person
- merkte past
- gemerkt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- merkend participle present
- merke first-person indicative present
- merkst indicative present second-person
- merkest second-person singular subjunctive
- merket plural second-person subjunctive
- merkten first-person indicative plural
- merktest indicative preterite second-person
- merktet indicative plural preterite
- merk imperative second-person singular
- habe gemerkt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gemerkt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- merke! imperative singular
- merk! imperative singular
- merkt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce merken?
- /ˈmɛʁkŋ̍/
- /ˈmɛʁkən/
- [ˈmɛʁkn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to merken
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is merken in German?
merken appears 26 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).