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anker
English
Alternative forms
- ankor, anchor
Etymology
Dutch anker
Noun
anker (plural ankers)
- (obsolete) A measure of wine or spirit equal to 10 gallons; a barrel of this capacity.
References
- OED 2nd edition 1989
Anagrams
- Karen, karen, knare, naker, ranke
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a?.k?r/
Etymology 1
From Dutch anker, from Middle Dutch anker, from Old Dutch *anker, from Latin anchora.
Noun
anker (plural ankers, diminutive ankertjie)
- anchor
Etymology 2
From Dutch ankeren.
Verb
anker (present anker, present participle ankerende, past participle geanker)
- (intransitive) to anchor
Basque
Pronunciation
- (standard) IPA(key): /an.ker/
Adjective
anker (comparative ankerrago, superlative ankerren, excessive ankerregi)
- mean
Declension
Noun
anker anim
- beast
Declension
Further reading
- “anker” in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus
- “anker” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus
Danish
Etymology 1
From Old Norse akkeri, from Latin ancora (“anchor”).
Noun
anker n (singular definite ankret or ankeret, plural indefinite ankre)
- (nautical) anchor
- armature, anchor (rotating part of an electric motor or dynamo)
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)
- barrel (beer), cask (wine)
- anker
Inflection
Etymology 3
See anke
Noun
anker c
- indefinite plural of anke
Verb
anker
- present of anke
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???k?r/
- Hyphenation: an?ker
- Rhymes: -??k?r
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch anker, from Old Dutch *anker, from Latin anchora.
Noun
anker n (plural ankers, diminutive ankertje n)
- anchor
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: anker
- ? Indonesian: angker
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
anker
- first-person singular present indicative of ankeren
- imperative of ankeren
Anagrams
- karne, raken
German
Pronunciation
Verb
anker
- inflection of ankern:
- first-person singular present
- singular imperative
Middle English
Alternative forms
- ancre, aunkir, ankor, ankur, ankir, ancher, ancour, hanker
Etymology
From Old English ancor.
Noun
anker (plural ankeres)
- anchor
Descendants
- English: anchor
- Scots: anchor, anker
References
- “anker, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ?????? (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)
- (nautical) an anchor
Related terms
Derived terms
- ankerplass
References
- “anker” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ?????? (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)
- (nautical) an anchor
Derived terms
- ankerplass
References
- “anker” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Frisian
Noun
anker m
- anchor
Inflection
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *ankurô, whence also Old English ancor, Old Norse akkeri, from Latin ancora
Noun
anker m
- anchor
Descendants
- German: Anker
anker From the web:
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- what anchors the spinal cord to the coccyx
- what anchors the kidney to the abdominal wall
- what anchors the plant
- what anchor means
- what anchors the spindle in mitosis
- what anchors the epidermis to the dermis
lanker
English
Adjective
lanker
- comparative form of lank: more lank
Anagrams
- KERNAL, Karlen, rankle
lanker From the web:
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