Merkel

See also: merkel

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Merkel.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɜː.kəl/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛɹ.kəl/
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)kəl

Proper noun

Merkel

A surname from German; variant form Merkley.
- 2025 February 23, Lisa Haseldine, “Whatever happens next, Merkelism is finished”, in The Telegraph‎^[1], archived from the original on 23 February 2025:
  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.
- 2025 August 29, Max Matza, “A 'joyful' girl and a boy who loved sports - Victims in Minneapolis shooting identified”, in BBC‎^[2], archived from the original on 29 August 2025:
  Two children who were killed in an attack on a Catholic school in Minneapolis have been identified by their parents as Harper Moyski, a "joyful" big sister, and Fletcher Merkel, who loved "any sport that he was allowed to play".
A city in Taylor County, Texas, United States.

Derived terms

Merkel cell
Merkelian
Merkelish
Merkelism
Merkelite
Merkel nerve ending
Merkelvellian
Merkozy

Related terms

merkel

Translations

surname

Arabic: مِيرْكِل m (mīrkil), مِيرْكِل m (merkel)
Armenian: Մերկել (Merkel)
Belarusian: Ме́ркель m or f (Mjérkjelʹ)
Bulgarian: Ме́ркел m or f (Mérkel)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 默克爾 / 默克尔 (zh) (Mòkè'ěr)
Czech: Merkel m, Merkelová (cs) f
Finnish: Merkel
French: Merkel (fr) m or f
Georgian: მერკელი (merḳeli)
German: Merkel (de) m or f
Greek: Μέρκελ (el) m or f (Mérkel)
Hebrew: מרקל
Hindi: मैर्केल (mairkel)
Italian: Merkel
Japanese: メルケル (Merukeru)
Korean: 메르켈 (Mereukel)
Macedonian: Меркел (Merkel)
Mongolian: Меркель (Merkelʹ)
Persian: مرکل
Portuguese: Merkel
Russian: Ме́ркель (ru) m or f (Mérkelʹ)
Serbo-Croatian: Меркел, Merkel
Spanish: Merkel (es)
Thai: แมร์เคิล (maekern)
Ukrainian: Ме́ркель m or f (Mérkelʹ)
Vietnamese: Merkel, Méc-ken

Anagrams

Merkle

German

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈmɛʁkl̩]
Audio (Germany (Berlin)): (file)

Proper noun

Merkel m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Merkels or (with an article) Merkel, feminine genitive Merkel, plural Merkels or Merkel)

a surname
Die Macht der deutschen Kanzlerin Angela Merkel ist geschwächt.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's power is weakening.

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Chinese: 默克爾 / 默克尔 (Mòkè'ěr) (transliteration)
→ English: Merkel

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛʁ.kew/ [ˈmɛh.keʊ̯]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛɾ.kew/ [ˈmɛɾ.keʊ̯]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛʁ.kew/ [ˈmɛχ.keʊ̯]
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛɻ.kew/ [ˈmɛɻ.keʊ̯]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛɾ.kɛl/ [ˈmɛɾ.kɛɫ]

Hyphenation: Mer‧kel

Proper noun

Merkel m or f by sense

a surname in German