different between aker vs aken

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)

English

Etymology 1

From a- + Old English cennan (“to give birth to”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??k?n/
• Rhymes: -?n

Verb

aken (third-person singular simple present akens, present participle akenning, simple past and past participle akenned)

1. (obsolete) To bear, give birth to. (Usually in the past participle.)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e?k?n/
• Rhymes: -e?k?n

Verb

aken

1. (obsolete) alternative past participle of ache.

Anagrams

• Kane, Kean, enka, kaen, kena, nake

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

aken

1. Plural form of aak

Anagrams

• kane, nake

Estonian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic ok?no (ok?no). Cognate to Finnish ikkuna and akkuna.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -en

Noun

aken (genitive akna, partitive akent)

1. window

Declension

Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Noun

âken ?

1. Aachen (a city in modern Germany)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: Aken
• Limburgish: Aoke

Further reading

• “aken”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English ?cen.

Adjective

aken

1. Alternative form of oken

Etymology 2

From Old English acan, from Proto-Germanic *akan?; equivalent to ache +? -en.

Alternative forms

• eken, æcen, oken

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?k?n/, /???k?n/, /???k?n/

Verb

aken

1. To ache, to hurt.

Conjugation

Descendants

• English: ache
• Scots: ake

References

• “?ken, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-14.