different between aber vs aker

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin hab?re, present active infinitive of habe? (“hold, have”).

Verb

aber

1. to have

Conjugation

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *aber.

Noun

aber m or f (plural aberioù)

1. ria, estuary, mouth of a river

Descendants

• ? French: aber

Verb

aber

1. present of aberiñ

Further reading

• Henry, Victor (1900) , “aber”, in Lexique étymologique des termes les plus usuels du breton moderne (Bibliothèque bretonne armoricaine; III) (in French), J. Plihon et L. Hervé

Cebuano

Etymology

Calque of Spanish a ver, short form of the phrase vamos a ver (“let's see”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a?ber

Interjection

aber

1. let me see; let's see

Danish

Noun

aber c

1. indefinite plural of abe

Verb

aber

1. present of abe

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Breton aber.

Noun

aber m (plural abers)

1. (geography) a ria, especially one in Brittany

Further reading

• “aber” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

German

Etymology

From Middle High German aber, aver, from Old High German aber, abur, aver, avur, afur, from Proto-Germanic *afer? (“behind”). Compare Luxembourgish awer (“but”), Saterland Frisian oaber (“but”), Middle Low German ?ver, German Low German aver (“but”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?b?/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /?ab?/ (colloquial; when unstressed by regular shortening, but also used when stressed)

Conjunction

aber (coordinating)

1. but; however; though

Usage notes

• Unlike most other conjunctions, aber need not be the first word of a clause: Ich bin dafür, er aber lehnt es ab. — “I’m in favour, but he rejects it.” In such a construction, aber might be considered an adverb, though the usual interpretation is that it is still a conjunction.
• After a negative, sondern is used to express a contrast, while aber expresses a gradation or nuance. Compare:

Derived terms

• aber hallo
• aber, aber

Adverb

aber

1. (obsolete, except in compounds) again
2. (qualifier) rather; quite; unusually; used with adjectives to express a surprising degree, whether this surprise be real or for effect

3. nonetheless, nevertheless

Derived terms

• abermals
• abertausend

Further reading

• “aber” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Friedrich Kluge (1883) , “aber”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese aber (????), from Old Javanese ab?r (“to slow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ab?r]
• Hyphenation: abêr

Adjective

aber

1. lost or run out of strength and superiority

Further reading

• “aber” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Kholosi

Etymology

From Persian ???? (abr).

Noun

aber ?

1. cloud

References

• Arora, Aryaman (2020) , “aber”, in Kholosi Dictionary

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German Aber (“objection”), a substantivization of German aber (“but, however, though”) (as in "no buts and no ifs"), from Middle High German aber, aver, from Old High German aber, abur, aver, avur, afur (“however, but”), either from Proto-Germanic *afar, *abar, *abur (“after, following”), from Proto-Indo-European *apo- (“away, from”), or from Proto-Germanic *afer? (“behind”), from pre-Germanic *h?ép-erom, accusative/allative to an adjective *h?ép-eros.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???b?r/
• Rhymes: -??b?r
• Hyphenation: ab?er

Noun

aber n (definite singular aberet, indefinite plural aber or abere, definite plural abera or aberne)

1. a problem, an obstacle, a difficulty

Synonyms

• hake (“catch”), ulempe (“disadvantage”), vanskelighet (“difficulty”), men (“damage, injury”)

References

• “aber” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “aber” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “aber” in Store norske leksikon

Anagrams

• bare

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???b?r/
• Rhymes: -??b?r
• Hyphenation: ab?er

Noun

aber n (definite singular aberet, indefinite plural aber or abere, definite plural abera or aberne)

1. a problem, an obstacle, a difficulty

Synonyms

• hake (“catch”), ulempe (“disadvantage”), vanskelighet (“difficulty”), men (“damage, injury”)

References

• “aber” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “aber” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “aber” in Store norske leksikon

Anagrams

• bare

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a(?)b?r/

Adjective

aber (comparative mair aber, superlative maist aber)

1. (Shetland) sharp, keen
2. (Shetland) clear, distinct
3. (Shetland) sharp-sighted, observant, watchful
4. (Shetland) eager
5. (Shetland) greedy

Verb

aber (third-person singular present abers, present participle aberin, past abert, past participle abert)

1. (Shetland) to sharpen
2. (Shetland, often with up) to poke a fire in order to brighten it

References

• “aber” in Eagle, Andy, editor, The Online Scots Dictionary^[1], 2016.

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• hàber

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ???? (haber), from Arabic ?????? (?abar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ber/
• Hyphenation: a?ber

Noun

àber m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. (regional, Bosnia) news
2. (regional, Bosnia) message, information
3. (regional, Bosnia) sensation, feeling

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from German aber (“but”), turned into a noun (as in "no buts and no ifs").

Noun

aber n

1. a problem, an obstacle, a difficulty

Declension

The plural is the same, but definite forms do not apply.

References

• aber in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• aber in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• bare

Tarifit

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

aber m (Tifinagh spelling ????, plural abriwen)

1. (anatomy) eyelash

   Synonym: abriw

Declension

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *aber, from Proto-Celtic *adberos.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /?ab?r/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /?a?b?r/, /?ab?r/

Noun

aber m or f (plural aberoedd or ebyr)

1. estuary, mouth of a river
2. confluence, joining of two or more rivers

Mutation

Zipser German

Conjunction

aber

1. Alternative form of åber

English

Noun

aker (plural akers)

1. Obsolete spelling of acre

Derived terms

• aker-staf

References

• Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Anagrams

• KERA, Kear, Kera, Rake, rake, reak

Basque

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *ace?, from *ace- (“male animal”) (compare aketz (“boar”)).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a.ker/

Noun

aker anim

1. he-goat, billy goat

Declension

Related terms

• akelarre

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?.k?r/
• Hyphenation: a?ker
• Rhymes: -a?k?r

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch aker, eker, haker, from Old Dutch *aker, from Latin aquarium.

Noun

aker m (plural akers, diminutive akertje n)

1. (Southern) bucket

   Synonym: emmer

2. (historical) metal well bucket

   Synonym: putemmer

3. (dated, Eastern Netherlands) kettle

Related terms

• aquarium

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch aker, from Old Dutch *akaran, from Proto-Germanic *akran?.

Noun

aker m (plural akers, diminutive akertje n)

1. (archaic) acorn

Synonyms

• eikel

Etymology 3

Noun

aker m (plural akers, diminutive akertje n)

1. (obsolete) acre

Kabyle

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

aker (intensive aorist yettaker, aorist yaker, preterite yuker, negative preterite yukir)

1. to steal

Middle English

Alternative forms

• acre

Etymology

From Old English æcer, from Proto-West Germanic *ak(k)r, from Proto-Germanic *akraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h?é?ros.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?k?r/, /?ak?r/

Noun

aker (plural akers)

1. field (piece of arable land)
2. acre (land measure of 160 rods square (though actually varying in size, both regionally and in time), usually described as 40 rods/1 furlong long and 4 rods wide.)

Descendants

• English: acre
  • Norwegian Bokmål: acre
• Scots: acre, aker, acker
• Yola: aager

References

• “?ker, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

• akker, ?ker (late)

Etymology

From Old Norse akr, from Proto-Germanic *akraz.

Noun

aker m

1. field, cultivated land

Declension

Descendants

• Swedish: åker

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

aker m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. acre

Vilamovian

Noun

aker m

1. field (wide, open space used to grow crops)