zeker

Dutch

Alternative forms

• (text messaging) zkr

Etymology

From Middle Dutch sēker, from Old Dutch *sikur, from Proto-West Germanic *sikur (“free, secure”), borrowed from Latin sēcūrus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzeː.kər/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ze‧ker
• Rhymes: -eːkər

Adjective

zeker (comparative zekerder, superlative zekerst)

1. certain, sure

   Antonym: onzeker

2. confident, secure
3. confirmed

Declension

Declension of zeker
uninflected	zeker
inflected	zekere
comparative	zekerder
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		zeker	zekerder	het zekerst het zekerste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	zekere	zekerdere	zekerste
	n. sing.	zeker	zekerder	zekerste
	plural	zekere	zekerdere	zekerste
definite		zekere	zekerdere	zekerste
partitive		zekers	zekerders	—

Derived terms

• verzekeren
• verzekering
• zekerheid

Descendants

• Afrikaans: seker
• Negerhollands: sekur, seeker, siki
• → Sranan Tongo: seiker
  • → Caribbean Javanese: séker
• → West Frisian: seker

Adverb

zeker

1. certainly, surely
2. particularly, especially

   In noordelijk Europa, zeker in Nederland, eet men het avondeten vroeger dan in het zuiden.

   In northern Europe, especially in the Netherlands, people have supper earlier than in the south.

3. at least

   Synonyms: minstens, ten minste

   Dat zal hem zeker wel honderd euro kosten.

   That will cost him at least a hundred euros.

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ذكر (zeker), from Arabic ذَكَر (ḏakar), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ðikar- (“man; male; phallus”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zeˈceɾ/
• Hyphenation: ze‧ker

Noun

zeker (definite accusative zekeri, plural zekerler)

1. (dated) synonym of erkek (“male”)
2. (dated) synonym of erkeklik organı (“penis”)

Declension

Declension of zeker

singular plural nominative zeker zekerler definite accusative zekeri zekerleri dative zekere zekerlere locative zekerde zekerlerde ablative zekerden zekerlerden genitive zekerin zekerlerin Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular zekerim zekerlerim 2nd singular zekerin zekerlerin 3rd singular zekeri zekerleri 1st plural zekerimiz zekerlerimiz 2nd plural zekeriniz zekerleriniz 3rd plural zekerleri zekerleri definite accusative singular plural 1st singular zekerimi zekerlerimi 2nd singular zekerini zekerlerini 3rd singular zekerini zekerlerini 1st plural zekerimizi zekerlerimizi 2nd plural zekerinizi zekerlerinizi 3rd plural zekerlerini zekerlerini dative singular plural 1st singular zekerime zekerlerime 2nd singular zekerine zekerlerine 3rd singular zekerine zekerlerine 1st plural zekerimize zekerlerimize 2nd plural zekerinize zekerlerinize 3rd plural zekerlerine zekerlerine locative singular plural 1st singular zekerimde zekerlerimde 2nd singular zekerinde zekerlerinde 3rd singular zekerinde zekerlerinde 1st plural zekerimizde zekerlerimizde 2nd plural zekerinizde zekerlerinizde 3rd plural zekerlerinde zekerlerinde ablative singular plural 1st singular zekerimden zekerlerimden 2nd singular zekerinden zekerlerinden 3rd singular zekerinden zekerlerinden 1st plural zekerimizden zekerlerimizden 2nd plural zekerinizden zekerlerinizden 3rd plural zekerlerinden zekerlerinden genitive singular plural 1st singular zekerimin zekerlerimin 2nd singular zekerinin zekerlerinin 3rd singular zekerinin zekerlerinin 1st plural zekerimizin zekerlerimizin 2nd plural zekerinizin zekerlerinizin 3rd plural zekerlerinin zekerlerinin Predicative forms singular plural 1st singular zekerim zekerlerim 2nd singular zekersin zekerlersin 3rd singular zeker zekerdir zekerler zekerlerdir 1st plural zekeriz zekerleriz 2nd plural zekersiniz zekerlersiniz 3rd plural zekerler zekerlerdir

Further reading

• “zeker”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “zeker”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “zeker”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 5, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5449
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “zeker”, in Nişanyan Sözlük