anker

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See also: Anker

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Dutch anker

Noun

anker (plural ankers)

  1. (obsolete) a measure of wine or spirit equal to 10 gallons; a barrel of this capacity

References

  • OED 2nd edition 1989

Anagrams


Afrikaans

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Dutch anker, from Middle Dutch anker, from Old Dutch *anker, from Latin anchora.

Noun

anker (plural ankers, diminutive ankertjie)

  1. anchor

Etymology 2

From Dutch ankeren.

Verb

anker (present anker, present participle ankerende, past participle geanker)

  1. (intransitive) to anchor

Basque

Noun

anker

  1. beast

Adjective

anker

  1. mean

Danish

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Etymology 1

From Old Norse akkeri, from Latin ancora (anchor).

Noun

anker n (singular definite ankret or ankeret, plural indefinite ankre)

  1. (nautical) anchor
  2. armature, anchor (rotating part of an electric motor or dynamo)
Inflection

Etymology 2

From German Anker or Dutch anker, from Medieval Latin anceria, Latin ancheria (a small vat).

Noun

anker n (singular definite ankret or ankeret, plural indefinite ankre)

  1. barrel (beer), cask (wine)
  2. anker
Inflection

Etymology 3

See anke

Noun

anker c

  1. (deprecated template usage) indefinite plural of anke

Verb

anker

  1. (deprecated template usage) present of anke

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑŋkər/
  • audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: an‧ker
  • Rhymes: -ɑŋkər

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch anker, from Old Dutch *anker, from Latin anchora.

Noun

anker n (plural ankers, diminutive ankertje n)

  1. anchor
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: anker

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

anker

  1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of ankeren
  2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of ankeren

Anagrams


German

Verb

anker

  1. (deprecated template usage) First-person singular present of ankern.
  2. (deprecated template usage) Imperative singular of ankern.

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English ancor.

Noun

anker (plural ankeres)

  1. anchor

Descendants


Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄγκυρα (ánkura), via Latin ancora, German Anker (but more likely to be Old German), and Old Norse akkeri.

Noun

anker n (definite singular ankeret or ankret, indefinite plural anker or ankere or ankre, definite singular ankera or ankra or ankrene)

  1. (nautical) an anchor

Derived terms

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄγκυρα (ánkura), via Latin ancora, German Anker (but more likely to be Old German), and Old Norse akkeri.

Noun

anker n (definite singular ankeret, indefinite plural anker, definite plural ankera)

  1. (nautical) an anchor

Derived terms

References


Old Frisian

Noun

anker m

  1. anchor

Inflection

Declension of anker (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative anker ankerar, ankera
genitive ankeres ankera
dative ankere ankerum, ankerem
accusative anker ankerar, ankera

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ankurô, whence also Old English ancor, Old Norse akkeri, from Latin ancora

Noun

anker m

  1. anchor

Descendants