Markt

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See also: markt, and märkt

German

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ein Markt [1]

Etymology

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From Middle High German market, from Old High German marchat, from Proto-West Germanic *markat (“market”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /markt/, [maʁkt], [maɐ̯kt], [maːkt]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Homophone: Magd (some speakers)

Noun

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Markt m (strong, genitive Marktes or Markts, plural Märkte)

  1. market (gathering for sale and purchase)
  2. market (trading, economic exchange)
  3. (chiefly in compounds) market, large shop
  4. Short for Marktplatz (“market square”).
  5. (title prepended to a town name) market town
    Marktheidenfeld
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Declension

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Declension of Markt [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Markt die Märkte
genitive eines des Marktes, Markts der Märkte
dative einem dem Markt, Markte1 den Märkten
accusative einen den Markt die Märkte

1Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • “Markt” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Markt” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Markt” in Duden online
  • Markt on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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