Marktplatz
German, noun/ˈmaʁktˌplat͡s/
Marktplatz is spelled M-A-R-K-T-P-L-A-T-Z (10 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written German, the 6,291st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Marktplatz is a German masculine noun meaning “marketplace, market square (open area in a town housing a public market)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zentraler (meist befestigter) öffentlicher Platz in einer Gemeinde, der zur Durchführung von Märkten und…”.
What does Marktplatz mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemarketplace, market square (open area in a town housing a public market)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. zentraler (meist befestigter) öffentlicher Platz in einer Gemeinde, der zur Durchführung von Märkten und anderen Veranstaltungen oder Feierlichkeiten genutzt werden kann
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 Marktplatz
- Marktplatzes genitive
- Marktplätze plural
- Marktplatze dative singular
- Marktplätzen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Marktplatz?
- /ˈmaʁktˌplat͡s/
- [ˈmaʁktˌplat͡s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Marktplatz
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Marktplatz in German?
Marktplatz appears 11 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).