merkwürdig

== German == === Etymology === merken (“to notice, to mark”) +‎ -würdig (“-worthy”). Compare Dutch merkwaardig and English markworthy. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmɛʁkˌvʏʁdɪç/ (standard) IPA(key): /-ˌvʏʁdɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland) Hyphenation: merk‧wür‧dig === Adjective === merkwürdig (strong nominative masculine singular merkwürdiger, comparative merkwürdiger, superlative am merkwürdigsten) strange, odd Synonyms: seltsam, sonderbar (obsolete) remarkable, noteworthy; worthy to remember Synonym: bemerkenswert ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Merkwürdigkeit merkwürdigerweise ==== Related terms ==== bemerkenswert === Further reading === “merkwürdig” in Duden online “merkwürdig”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German)