Merkmal
German, noun/ˈmɛʁkmaːl/
Merkmal is spelled M-E-R-K-M-A-L (7 letters) and appears 6.6 times per million words in written German, the 9,876th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Merkmal is a German neuter noun meaning “feature, characteristic, attribute (important or main item)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “typische Eigenschaft, an der man erkennt, wodurch sich etwas von Ähnlichem unterscheidet”.
What does Merkmal mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterfeature, characteristic, attribute (important or main item)
hervorgehobenes Merkmal.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. typische Eigenschaft, an der man erkennt, wodurch sich etwas von Ähnlichem unterscheidet 2. Eigenschaft, die einem linguistischen Gegenstand (Phonem, Lexem,…) zugeschrieben wird 3. logisches Prädikat einer statistischen Einheit (= eines Merkmalsträgers), beispielsweise „Zahlungsbereitschaft“ zur statistischen Einheit „Kunde“
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 Merkmal
- Merkmales genitive
- Merkmals genitive
- Merkmale plural
- Merkmalen dative definite plural
- Mkm. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Merkmal?
- /ˈmɛʁkmaːl/
- [ˈmɛʁkmaːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Merkmal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Merkmal in German?
Merkmal appears 6.6 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).