ker

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ker"

Translingual

Symbol

ker

1. (mathematics, algebra) kernel

Abinomn

Noun

ker

1. (anatomy) thigh

Cornish

Noun

ker

1. Hard mutation of ger.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɛr]
• Rhymes: -ɛr

Noun

ker

1. genitive plural of kra

German

Etymology

From Kerl (“bloke, guy, man”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /keːr/, [keːɐ̯], [kɛɐ̯]
• Homophone: kehr

Interjection

ker

1. (colloquial, regional, Ruhrgebiet, Münsterland) man!, Jesus! (general-purpose intensifier, especially expresses frustration)

   Ker, ich raste bald aus!

   Man, I’m really losing it now!

Hittite

Romanization

ker

1. Broad transcription of 𒆠𒅕

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse ker, from Proto-Germanic *kazą. Doublet of kar, which was borrowed from Danish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /cʰɛːr/
• Rhymes: -ɛːr

Noun

ker n (genitive singular kers, nominative plural ker)

1. tub, vat
2. vessel, container

Declension

declension of ker

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ker	kerið	ker	kerin
accusative	ker	kerið	ker	kerin
dative	keri	kerinu	kerjum	kerjunum
genitive	kers	kersins	kerja	kerjanna

Synonyms

• (tub, vat): kerald, stampur
• (vessel): ílát

Derived terms

• leirker

Lolopo

Etymology

From Proto-Loloish *ko² (Bradley), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan. Cognate with Nuosu ꈐ (ku), Burmese ခိုး (hkui:), Naxi kv (“to steal”), Drung keu (“to steal”), Chinese 寇 (OC *[k]ʰˤ(r)o-s) (B-S), Tibetan རྐུ (rku), Yakkha खुमा (khuma, “to steal”), Cholim Tangsa guh (“to steal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʰɯ²¹]

Verb

ker 

1. (Yao'an) to steal

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰɜɾ/

Noun

ker m

1. donkey

Old French

Noun

ker oblique singular, m (oblique plural kers, nominative singular kers, nominative plural ker)

1. (Old Northern French) chier

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kazą.

Noun

ker n

1. tub, vessel, goblet

Descendants

• Icelandic: ker
• Faroese: ker
• Norwegian Bokmål: kjer
• Old Swedish: kar
  • Swedish: kar
• Old Danish: kar
  • Danish: kar
    • → Icelandic: kar
    • → Faroese: kar
    • Norwegian Bokmål: kar

References

• “ker”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Entry "ker" on page 239 in: Geir T. Zoëga "A Concise Dictionary of Old Islandic", Oxford at the Claredon Press (1910).

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kʲer (“to sleep”), from Proto-Tupian *kʲet (“to sleep”).

Cognate with Paraguayan Guaraní ke.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɛɾ/
• Rhymes: -ɛɾ
• Hyphenation: ker

Verb

ker (first-person singular active indicative aker, first-person singular negative active indicative nakeri, noun kera) (intransitive)

1. to sleep

Further reading

• NAVARRO, E. A. Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil. São Paulo. Global. 2013.
• NAVARRO, E. A. Método moderno de tupi antigo: a língua do Brasil dos primeiros séculos". São Paulo. Global. 2005.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Shortened form of kȅrber (“Cerberus”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kêːr/
• Hyphenation: ker

Noun

kȇr m (Cyrillic spelling ке̑р)

1. (slang, Bosnia, Serbia) dog

   Synonyms: pȁs; kúčak, kucko, (Montenegro) bidzin / bizin

Declension

Declension of ker

	singular	plural
nominative	kȇr	kȅrovi
genitive	kera	kerova
dative	keru	kerovima
accusative	kera	kerove
vocative	keru	kerovi
locative	keru	kerovima
instrumental	kerom	kerovima

Further reading

• “ker” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъřь (“shrub, bush”). Compare Polish kierz, Lower Sorbian keŕ, Czech keř.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ker]

Noun

ker m inan (genitive singular kra, nominative plural kry, genitive plural krov, declension pattern of dub)

1. bush, shrub

Declension

Declension of ker

	singular	plural
nominative	ker	kry
genitive	kra	krov
dative	kru	krom
accusative	ker	kry
locative	kre	kroch
instrumental	krom	krami

Related terms

• kerový
• krík
• kríček

Further reading

• “ker”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Slovene

Etymology

From the neuter form of Proto-Slavic *jь že. The initial j- in relative pronouns and conjunctions changed to k- through analogy to interrogative pronouns. Compare Serbo-Croatian jer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɛr/

Conjunction

ker

1. because (by or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that)

References

• “ker”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Tatar

Noun

ker

1. dirt

Zazaki

Noun

ker

1. deaf