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Markus

Markus

See also: markus

English

Proper noun

Markus

  1. A male given name; an occasional spelling variant of Marcus.

Danish

Proper noun

Markus

  1. Mark (the Evangelist).
  2. A male given name.

Related terms

References

  • Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 2889 males with the given name Markus (compared to 5644 named Marcus) have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 2000s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

Estonian

Proper noun

Markus

  1. Mark (biblical character).
  2. A male given name.

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Faroese

Proper noun

Markus m

  1. A male given name.

Usage notes

Patronymics

  • son of Markus: Markusarson or Markusson
  • daughter of Markus: Markusardóttir or Markusdóttir

Declension

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Markus
Accusative Markus
Dative Markusi
Genitive Markusar, Markus

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑrkus/
  • Hyphenation: Mar‧kus

Proper noun

Markus

  1. Mark the Evangelist.
  2. A male given name.
    • 1922 Anni Swan, Pikkupappilassa, WSOY (1966), page 71:
      —Nimeni on Mark, kuului hiljainen, mutta päättävä ääni ikkunan luota.
      Markus sinä olet, Markus.Se on siisti raamatullinen nimi. Ole kiitollinen siitä, että sinulla on niin säädyllinen nimi ja sitä paitsi...
      —Voi, täti, Mark on paljon viehättävämpi kuin Markus. Se kuuluu oikein romanttiselta! huudahti Ulla punoittavin poskin.

Declension

Inflection of Markus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative Markus Markukset
genitive Markuksen Markusten
Markuksien
partitive Markusta Markuksia
illative Markukseen Markuksiin
singular plural
nominative Markus Markukset
accusative nom. Markus Markukset
gen. Markuksen
genitive Markuksen Markusten
Markuksien
partitive Markusta Markuksia
inessive Markuksessa Markuksissa
elative Markuksesta Markuksista
illative Markukseen Markuksiin
adessive Markuksella Markuksilla
ablative Markukselta Markuksilta
allative Markukselle Markuksille
essive Markuksena Markuksina
translative Markukseksi Markuksiksi
instructive Markuksin
abessive Markuksetta Markuksitta
comitative Markuksineen

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German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaʁkʊs/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ˈmaːkʊs/ (common; particularly northern and central Germany)

Proper noun

Markus

  1. Mark the Evangelist (biblical character).
  2. A male given name.

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Gothic

Romanization

Markus

  1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌺𐌿𐍃

Norwegian

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Markus

  1. Mark the Evangelist.
  2. A male given name.

Related terms

  • (surnames) Marcussen, Markussen

References

  • Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, ISBN 82-521-4483-7
  • Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 6268 males with the given name Markus (compared to 3280 named Marcus) living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 2000s. Accessed on 19 May, 2011.

Swedish

Proper noun

Markus

  1. Mark the Evangelist.
  2. A male given name. Spelling variant: Marcus

References

  • Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, ISBN 91-21-10937-0
  • Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, ISBN 9119551622: 18 057 males with the given name Markus (compared to 36 338 named Marcus) living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1980s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

markus

markus

See also: Markus

Esperanto

Verb

markus

  1. conditional of marki