How to Say "Minecraft" in Korean

마인크래프트

Mainkeuraepeuteu[ma̠inkxɯɾɛpʰɯtʰɯ]

마인크래프트 (Mainkeuraepeuteu) is the Korean way to say the game Minecraft.

This term refers specifically to the video game Minecraft.

Meaning: the game Minecraft (name)

Which one should you use?

마인크래프트 is the standard name, while 마크 is an informal, shortened version.

Mainkeuraepeuteu

The term 마크충 uses the suffix 충, which originally means 'insect'. In Korean internet slang, this is added to words to describe someone who is obsessively devoted to a hobby or behaves like a pest.
The nickname 마크 (Makeu) is not just a shortcut for the game but is also a very common Korean given name, often spelled as 'Mark' in English.
The common abbreviation used by players, 마크, is also the standard Korean word for 'mark' or 'logo'.

톰은 마인크래프트를 해.
Tom plays Minecraft.
This sentence shows how to use 마인크래프트 as an object in a sentence.
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마인크래프트를 해 본 적이 있나요?
Have you ever played Minecraft?
마인크래프트 게임이 재미있어요
Minecraft game is fun!
마크로 처음 만났어
I met you through Minecraft for the first time.
마인크래프트 정말 재미있어요.
mainkeuraepeuteu jeongmal jaemiisseoyo.
Minecraft is really fun.
어제 마인크래프트를 플레이했어요.
eoje mainkeuraepeuteureul peulleihaesseoyo.
I played Minecraft yesterday.

Two friends are talking about what to play on the computer.

민지 Min-ji

지훈아, 오늘 뭐 할 거야?
jihuna, oneul mwo hal geoya?
Jihoon, what are you going to do today?
지훈 Ji-hun

나는 마인크래프트 하려고.
naneun mainkeurepeuteu haryeogo.
I'm planning to play Minecraft.
민지 Min-ji

와, 나도 마인크래프트 좋아해!
wa, nado mainkeurepeuteu joahae!
Wow, I like Minecraft too!
지훈 Ji-hun

그럼 우리 같이 하자.
geureom uri gachi haja.
Then let's play together.

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