Jahrmarkt

German

Etymology

From Middle High German jārmarket, from Old High German jārmarkāt. Equivalent to Jahr (“year”) +‎ Markt (“market”).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

Jahrmarkt m (strong, genitive Jahrmarktes or Jahrmarkts, plural Jahrmärkte)

1. fair, funfair

   Synonyms: (western German, central German) Kirmes; (northern German) Rummel

Usage notes

• The word is widely understood throughout the language area, but is rarely used in those areas where Kirmes is the normal word (other regional synonyms are generally restricted to the vernacular, with Jahrmarkt being the standard equivalent).

Declension

Declension of Jahrmarkt [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Jahrmarkt	die	Jahrmärkte
genitive	eines	des	Jahrmarktes, Jahrmarkts	der	Jahrmärkte
dative	einem	dem	Jahrmarkt, Jahrmarkte1	den	Jahrmärkten
accusative	einen	den	Jahrmarkt	die	Jahrmärkte

¹Now rare, see notes.

Synonyms

• Kirchweih, Kerwe (southern German)
• Dult (Bavaria, Austria)

Descendants

• → Czech: jarmark
• → Kashubian: jôrmark
• → Polish: jarmark
  • → Ukrainian: ярмарок (jarmarok)
    • →? Adyghe: йэрмэлыкъ (jɛrmɛləq)
    • → Romanian: iarmaroc
• → Russian: я́рмарка (jármarka)
  • → Azerbaijani: yarmarka
  • → Bashkir: йәрминкә (yərminkə)
  • → Turkmen: ýarmarka

Further reading

• “Jahrmarkt” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Jahrmarkt” in Duden online
• Jahrmarkt on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de