merkwürdig
German, adjective/ˈmɛʁkˌvʏʁdɪç/
merkwürdig is spelled M-E-R-K-W-Ü-R-D-I-G (10 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written German, the 6,059th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Merkwürdig is a German adjective meaning “strange, odd” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch Abweichung vom Üblichen auffallend; Staunen, Verwunderung oder aber leises Misstrauen bewirkend”.
What does merkwürdig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
strange, odd
- 2
obsoleteremarkable, noteworthy; worthy to remember
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. durch Abweichung vom Üblichen auffallend; Staunen, Verwunderung oder aber leises Misstrauen bewirkend 2. auffallend, des Merkens würdig, bedeutsam
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 merkwürdig
- merkwürdiger masculine nominative singular
- am merkwürdigsten superlative
- merkwürdige feminine nominative singular
- merkwürdiges neuter nominative singular
- merkwürdigen genitive masculine singular
- merkwürdigem dative masculine singular
- der merkwürdige definite includes-article masculine
- die merkwürdige definite feminine includes-article
- das merkwürdige definite includes-article neuter
- die merkwürdigen definite includes-article nominative
- des merkwürdigen definite genitive includes-article
- der merkwürdigen definite feminine genitive
- dem merkwürdigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce merkwürdig?
- /ˈmɛʁkˌvʏʁdɪç/
- /-ˌvʏʁdɪk/
- [ˈmɛʁkˌvʏʁdɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to merkwürdig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is merkwürdig in German?
merkwürdig appears 12 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).