Markt

See also: markt and märkt

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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. ellipsis of Marktplatz (market square)
  5. (title prepended to a town name) market town
    Marktheidenfeld
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

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