noun#2,446 by frequency
das Merkmal
/ˈmɛʁkmaːl/
feature, characteristic, attribute
- genitive
- des Merkmales
- plural
- die Merkmale
- built from
- Merk + Mal
Meanings
- 1
feature, characteristic, attribute — important or main item
Gibt es ein besonderes Merkmal?
Does it have a distinguishing mark?
Tatoeba · Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FR
Welche gemeinsamen Merkmale haben die verschiedenen Varianten?
What features do the different variants have in common?
Tatoeba · al_ex_an_der · CC BY 2.0 FR
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dasMerkmal | dieMerkmale |
| accusative | dasMerkmal | dieMerkmale |
| dative | demMerkmal | denMerkmalen |
| genitive | desMerkmales | derMerkmale |
Forms in lighter type are derived by the standard declension rules from the nominative, genitive and plural.