märkisch
German, adjective/ˈmɛʁkɪʃ/
märkisch is spelled M-Ä-R-K-I-S-C-H (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 56,856th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Märkisch is a German adjective meaning “of the Margraviate of Brandenburg” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich auf die Mark Brandenburg beziehend, von dort kommend, zur Mark Brandenburg gehörig”.
What does märkisch mean in English?
adjective
- 1
of the Margraviate of Brandenburg
- 2
of the County of Mark or Märkischer Kreis
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. sich auf die Mark Brandenburg beziehend, von dort kommend, zur Mark Brandenburg gehörig
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 märkisch
- märkischer masculine nominative singular
- märkische feminine nominative singular
- märkisches neuter nominative singular
- märkischen genitive masculine singular
- märkischem dative masculine singular
- der märkische definite includes-article masculine
- die märkische definite feminine includes-article
- das märkische definite includes-article neuter
- die märkischen definite includes-article nominative
- des märkischen definite genitive includes-article
- der märkischen definite feminine genitive
- dem märkischen dative definite includes-article
- den märkischen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce märkisch?
- /ˈmɛʁkɪʃ/
- [ˈmɛʁkɪʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is märkisch in German?
märkisch appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).