Merkel

See also: merkel

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Merkel.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɜː.kəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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

Proper noun

Merkel

1. A surname from German; variant form Merkley.
   • 2025 February 23, Lisa Haseldine, “Whatever happens next, Merkelism is finished”, in Chris Evans, editor, The Daily Telegraph‎^[1], London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 January 2026:

     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".

2. 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 (mérkel)
• Hindi: मैर्केल (mairkel)
• Italian: Merkel
• Japanese: メルケル (Merukeru)
• Korean: 메르켈 (Mereukel)
• Macedonian: Меркел (Merkel)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Меркель (Merkelʹ)

• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: مِرْکِل (merkel)

• Portuguese: Merkel
• Russian: Ме́ркель (ru) m or f (Mérkelʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Меркел

  Latin: Merkel

• Spanish: Merkel (es)
• Thai: แมร์เคิล (mɛɛ-kəəl)
• Ukrainian: Ме́ркель m or f (Mérkelʹ)
• Vietnamese: Merkel, Méc-ken

See also

• Merkle, Merckle

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)

1. a surname

   Die Macht der deutschen Kanzlerin Angela Merkel ist geschwächt.

   German Chancellor Angela Merkel's power is weakening.

Derived terms

• Merkel-Lego
• Merkel-Poller
• Merkel-Raute
• merkeln
• Merkels Fachkräfte

Descendants

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛʁ.kew/ [ˈmɛh.keʊ̯]

• (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

1. a surname in German