merkbar

[ˈmɛʁkbaːɐ̯]

/[ˈmɛʁkbaːɐ̯]/ adj

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The verdict

“merkbar” is uncommon German (frequency #64,518 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,518
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - so, dass es wahrgenommen werden kann

Corpus desk

Index DE-merkbar · merkbar · German

merkbar · rank #64,518 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,518
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Messwert

Nearest frequency peer: Messwert (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „merkbar“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „merkbar“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for merkbar
PropertyValue
Headwordmerkbar
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈmɛʁkbaːɐ̯]
Letters7
Frequency rank#64,518
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „merkbar“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).merkbarfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Messwert“ (#64,519), „metaphysischen“ (#64,520), „Meinungsvielfalt“ (#64,515). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „merkbar“ bei #64,518. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

merkbar is uncommon German at frequency #64,518 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈmɛʁkbaːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "so, dass es wahrgenommen werden kann".

No misspelling variants are generated for merkbar in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is merkbar, spelled M-E-R-K-B-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    so, dass es wahrgenommen werden kann

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how merkbar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Das häufigst behandelte Beispiel betrifft die sogenannte Schwelle des Bewußtseins: äußere Reize, die unsere Nerven treffen, sind unterhalb einer gewissen Stärke überhaupt nicht merkbar; mit Erreichung derselben lösen sie plötzlich Empfindungen aus, ihre bloß quantitative Steigerung schlägt in eine Wirkung von äußerst qualitativer Bestimmtheit um ….“

Antonyms

unmerkbar

This word in other languages

perceptible(English)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "merkbar"?
"merkbar" is spelled M-E-R-K-B-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmɛʁkbaːɐ̯].
What does "merkbar" mean?
As an adjective, "merkbar" means: so, dass es wahrgenommen werden kann
How do you pronounce "merkbar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "merkbar" is [ˈmɛʁkbaːɐ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "merkbar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

molaren#64,532Luhansk#64,495lokalem#64,489Livorno#64,488

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list