Markise
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French marquise.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Markise f (genitive Markise, plural Markisen)
- awning
- 1896, Theodor Fontane, Effi Briest[1], Berlin: F. Fontane & Co.:
- […] die Markise, ihnen zu Häupten, war aufgezogen, um den Genuß der frischen Luft in nichts zu beschränken, und sowohl Effi wie die Geheimrätin waren ziemlich emsig bei ihrer Handarbeit.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (jewelry) marquise (style of cut gemstone)
- (historical, uncommon) Alternative form of Marquise
Declension
[edit]Declension of Markise [feminine]
Further reading
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