anker
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Noun
anker (plural ankers)
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)
Etymology 2
Verb
anker (present anker, present participle ankerende, past participle geanker)
- (intransitive) to anchor
Basque
Noun
anker
Adjective
anker
Danish
Etymology 1
From Old Norse akkeri, from Latin ancora (“anchor”).
Noun
anker n (singular definite ankret or ankeret, plural indefinite ankre)
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)
Inflection
Etymology 3
See anke
Noun
anker c
Verb
anker
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch anker, from Old Dutch *anker, from Latin anchora.
Noun
anker n (plural ankers, diminutive ankertje n)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: anker
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
anker
- (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of ankeren
- (deprecated template usage) imperative of ankeren
Anagrams
German
Verb
anker
- (deprecated template usage) First-person singular present of ankern.
- (deprecated template usage) Imperative singular of ankern.
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English ancor.
Noun
anker (plural ankeres)
Descendants
Norwegian Bokmål
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)
Related terms
Derived terms
References
- “anker” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
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)
Derived terms
References
- “anker” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Frisian
Noun
anker m
Inflection
Declension of anker (masculine a-stem) | ||
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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
Descendants
- German: Anker
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