# Denmark

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈdɛn.mɑːk/ · frequency rank #6,673

## Definitions
1. A country in Northern Europe. Capital and largest city: Copenhagen.
2. A sovereign nation consisting of Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Greenland.
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## Etymology
From Middle English Denmark, from Danish Danmark, from dansk (“Danish”) + Old Norse merki (“boundary”) or mǫrk (“borderland”). Cognate with (and perhaps influenced by) Old English Denemearc.

## Easily confused with
- **Delmar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/delmar-vs-denmark)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ddenmark`, `demnark`, `denamrk`, `denmakr`, `denmarkk`, `denmarrk`, `denmmark`, `denmrak`, `dennmark`, `dnemark`, `ednmark`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/denmark