merze

Middle High German

Alternative forms

merz

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German merzo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈmert͡sə/

Noun

merze m

March

Declension

Declension of merze (weak masculine)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	dër	merze	die	merzen
genitive	eines	dës	merzen	dër	merzen
dative	eime	dëm	merzen	dën	merzen
accusative	einen	dën	merzen	die	merzen

Descendants

Bavarian:
- Cimbrian: mèertzo
- Mòcheno: merz
German: März, Märze, Merz, Merze (obsolete)
- → Estonian: märts
- → Hebrew: מֶרְץ (merts)
- → Hunsrik: Merz
- → Luxembourgish: Mäerz
Pennsylvania German: Marz, Matz, Maerz
Yiddish: מאַרץ (marts)
→ Polish: marzec
- →? Carpathian Rusyn: ма́рець (márecʹ)
- →? Ukrainian: ма́рець (márecʹ)
→ Old Slovak: marec
- Pannonian Rusyn: марец (marec)
- Slovak: marec

See also

Gregorian calendar monthsedit

References

Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “MERZE”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
Köbler, Gerhard (2014), “merze”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition