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noun · plural Rare #43,949
marks (German currency) A rare French plural noun referring to German marks; not commonly used in modern French.
FR: Avant l'euro, certains Allemands payaient en marks.
EN: Before the euro, some Germans paid in marks.

Quatre-vingt-dix-neuf marks vingt.

Ninety-nine marks twenty.

— Cours, Lola, cours (1998)

Regarde, deux marks!

Look, two marks!

— Les Ailes du désir (1987)

On dépense nos marks, mais on peut partir.

We're spending our marks, but we can leave.

— Taxi (1998)

Ce vieux billet de dix marks n'est plus valable depuis déjà longtemps.

This old ten-mark note has not been valid for a long time now.