Swedish noun· top 1,000 most common

en mark

land, territory, domains, land, ground/mark/

Meaning

land; territory; domains; land, ground; mark

In Swedish: obebyggt landområde, terräng

Forms

Forms of mark
Singular, indefiniteen mark
Singular, definitemarken
Plural, indefinitemarker
Plural, definitemarkerna

mark is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor mark, den stora marken. Check another noun

Practise mark

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Is it en mark or ett mark?

mark in a sentence

  • i skog och mark
    out in the country
  • på svensk mark
    on Swedish soil
  • falla till marken
    fall to the ground
  • Fåglar gillar att flyga, men ibland går de omkring på marken.
    Birds like to fly, but sometimes they walk around on the ground.
  • Han lade sig platt på marken.
    He lay down flat on the ground.
  • Hon kastade sig till marken.
    She threw herself to the ground.
  • löv som faller till marken
    leaves falling to the ground
  • Tjuren frustade och stampade i marken.
    The bull snorted and stomped the ground.

Words built with mark

  • ödemark wasteland
  • vildmark wilderness
  • markägare landowner
  • tomtmark building sites

Questions

What does mark mean in English?

mark means “land, territory”.

Is it en mark or ett mark?

It is en mark, and “the land” is marken.

What is the plural of mark?

The plural of mark is marker, and the definite plural is markerna.

Similar words

land

Origin

From Old Swedish mark, from Old Norse mǫrk, from Proto-Germanic *markō, from Proto-Indo-European *mórǵs (“edge, boundary, border”).

Nearby common words

mark is number 598 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary