Merz

See also: merz

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Merz.

Proper noun

Merz (plural Merzes)

1. A surname from German.
   • 2025 February 23, Lisa Haseldine, “Whatever happens next, Merkelism is finished”, in The Telegraph‎, 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.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Merz is the 7684^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4321 individuals. Merz is most common among White (94.47%) individuals.

German

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛʁt͡s/

Proper noun

Merz m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Merz' or (with an article) Merz, feminine genitive Merz, plural Merz or Merzes or Merzens)

1. a surname

Noun

Merz m (strong, genitive Merzes, plural Merze)

1. Obsolete spelling of März which was deprecated in 1902 following the Second Orthographic Conference of 1901.
   • 1859, Hermann Hauff, Reise in die Aequinoctial-Gegenden des neuen Continents‎, volume 2, translation of original by Alexander von Humboldt:

     Ich glaubte in diesem Werke niederlegen zu sollen, was ich an zuverlässiger Kunde über die Erdstöße zusammengebracht, die am 26. Merz 1812 die Stadt Cararas zerstört und in der Provinz Venezuela fast in Einem Augenblick über zwanzigtausend Menschen das Leben gekostet haben.

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