Markeds

Markeds is a linguistic form used in Danish and Norwegian to denote market-related concepts and to form compound words that describe aspects of the market. The form markeds- functions as a productive bound morpheme that attaches to nouns to create terms with the sense "of the market" or "market-related." It appears most often as a prefix in compound words rather than as a standalone word.

Common examples include markedsføring (marketing), markedspris (market price), markedsanalyse (market analysis), and markedsundersøkelse (market research in Norwegian). The root is based on marked/markedet in Danish or marked in Norwegian, and markeds- is a standard element in business and economic vocabulary across these languages.

In English usage, markeds is not a common standalone term; it is typically encountered in Scandinavian texts or translations as part of compound words rather than as an independent word. Etymologically, markeds derives from the Danish/Norwegian word marked, meaning market, which in turn relates to older Germanic forms cognate with the English market.

See also: Marked (market), Markedsføring, Markedsanalyse, Market.