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Mark

mark

noun MARK Less Common
People & Society Money

Also means

marrow

Usage Note

Mark as a feminine noun was the German currency before the euro, the Deutsche Mark. As a neuter noun das Mark means marrow or pith, surviving in the vivid idiom durch Mark und Bein gehen ('to go right through you'). Gender thus splits the two senses entirely.

Examples

"Früher zahlte man mit der Mark."

Natural Translation

In the past people paid with the mark.

Literal Translation

Formerly paid one with the mark.

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