Merz
See also: merz
English
editEtymology
editProper noun
editMerz (plural Merzes)
- A surname from German.
- 2025 February 23, Lisa Haseldine, “Whatever happens next, Merkelism is finished”, in The Telegraph[1], archived from the original on 2025-02-23:
- Germany can’t afford to stick to the stately plod into decline that Merkel initiated any longer. Merz will have to act fast, and break things to pull the country out of the quagmire it finds itself in.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Merz is the 7684th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4321 individuals. Merz is most common among White (94.47%) individuals.
German
editEtymology
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Pronunciation
editProper noun
editMerz m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Merz' or (with an article) Merz, feminine genitive Merz, plural Merz or Merzes or Merzens)
- a surname
Noun
editMerz m (strong, genitive Merzes, plural Merze)
- Obsolete spelling of März which was deprecated in 1902 following the Second Orthographic Conference of 1901.
- 1859, Hermann Hauff, Reise in die Aequinoctial-Gegenden des neuen Continents[2], volume 2, translation of original by Alexander von Humboldt:
- Ich glaubte in diesem Werke niederlegen zu sollen, was ich an zuverlässiger Kunde über die Erdstöße zusammengebracht, die am 26. Merz 1812 die Stadt Cararas zerstört und in der Provinz Venezuela fast in Einem Augenblick über zwanzigtausend Menschen das Leben gekostet haben.
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Hunsrik
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editMerz m (plural Merz)
- March
- In Merz is-es nimmi so waarem.
- March is not so hot anymore.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Merz”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 109, column 2
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