different between starker vs stalker

English

Adjective

starker

1. comparative form of stark: more stark

Anagrams

• Straker, karters, kraters

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

starker

1. inflection of stark:
   1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
   2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
   3. strong genitive plural

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse sterkr, from Proto-Germanic *starkuz.

Adjective

starker

1. stiff, rigid
2. steady
3. strong

Declension

Descendants

• Swedish: stark

English

Etymology

From Middle English stalkere, equivalent to stalk +? -er.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??k?(?)
• Homophone: stocker (in accents with the cot-caught merger)

Noun

stalker (plural stalkers)

1. A person who engages in stalking, i.e. quietly approaching animals to be hunted; a tracker or guide in hunting game.
2. A person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions.
3. Any of various devices for removing the stalk from plants during harvesting.
4. Any bird that walks with a stalking motion.
5. (obsolete) A kind of fishing net.

Synonyms

• (a person who stalks game): tracker
• (a person who secretly follows someone): prowler

Translations

Anagrams

• talkers

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English stalker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?stalk?r]
• Hyphenation: stal?ker

Noun

stalker m anim

1. A stalker (person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions).

Declension

Further reading

• stalker in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• stalker in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English stalker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st?l.k?r/
• Hyphenation: stal?ker

Noun

stalker m (plural stalkers, diminutive stalkertje n)

1. A stalker (person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions).

Related terms

• stalken
• stalking