acker
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Unknown; perhaps a variant of eagre.
Noun[edit]
acker (plural ackers)
- (dialectal, now rare) A visible current in a lake or river; a ripple on the surface of water.
- 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 436:
- The wide lovely lake lay in dreamy serenity, fretted with green undulations, ruffed with blue, patched with glades of lucid smoothness between the ackers [...].
Etymology 2[edit]
Variant forms.
Noun[edit]
acker (plural ackers)
References[edit]
- G. A. Cooke, The County of Devon
See also[edit]
- ackers (“money”)
Anagrams[edit]
German[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Verb[edit]
acker
- inflection of ackern:
Middle Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Dutch akker, from Proto-Germanic *akraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros.
Noun[edit]
acker m
- field (for agriculture)
- acre
Inflection[edit]
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “acker”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “acker”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Middle High German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old High German ackar.
Noun[edit]
acker m
Declension[edit]
Declension of acker (masculine, a-stem)
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Scots[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English actour, from Latin āctōr; equivalent to ack + -er.
Noun[edit]
acker (plural ackers)
References[edit]
- “acker, n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
acker (plural ackers)
- Alternative form of acre
References[edit]
- “acker, n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
Etymology 3[edit]
Noun[edit]
acker (plural ackers)
References[edit]
- “acker, n.2” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
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