Marquis
German, noun/maʁˈkiː/
Marquis is spelled M-A-R-Q-U-I-S (7 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written German, the 19,169th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Marquis is a German masculine noun meaning “marquis, marquess (kind of nobleman, chiefly in a French-speaking country)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “französischer Adelstitel”.
What does Marquis mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemarquis, marquess (kind of nobleman, chiefly in a French-speaking country)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. französischer Adelstitel 2. Träger des Adelstitels Marquis^([1])
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 Marquis
- Marquise feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Marquis?
- singular /maʁˈkiː/
- plural /maʁˈkiːs/
- [maʁˈkiː]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Marquis
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Marquis in German?
Marquis appears 2.8 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).