different between wacker vs wicker

English

Adjective

wacker

1. comparative form of wack: more wack

Anagrams

• awreck, cawker

German

Etymology

From Middle High German wacker, Old High German wacchar. Cognate with Old English wacor (whence dialectal English waker), Old Norse wakr, Dutch wakker and possibly German Low German wacker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?vak?/
• Hyphenation: wa?cker; pre-1996: wak?ker

Adjective

wacker (comparative wackerer, superlative am wackersten) (dated)

1. brave

   Synonyms: mutig, tapfer

2. honest, reputable

   Synonyms: rechtschaffen, ehrlich, anständig, redlich
3. efficient

   Synonym: tüchtig

4. alert, vigilant, waker

   Synonym: wachsam

References

Further reading

• “wacker” in Duden online
• “wacker” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

English

Etymology

From Middle English wiker, cognate with Swedish vikker (“willow”), Old Norse veikr (“weak”), English weak.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?w?k?(?)/
• Rhymes: -?k?(r)
• (General American) enPR: w?k??r, IPA^(key): /?w?k?/
• Homophone: whicker (in accents with the wine-whine merger)
• Homophone: Wicca (in non-rhotic accents)

Noun

wicker (countable and uncountable, plural wickers)

1. A flexible branch or twig of a plant such as willow, used in weaving baskets and furniture
2. Wickerwork.

Derived terms

• wickerwork
• rewicker
• wicker man

Translations

See also

• basket
• cradle
• rattan

Adjective

wicker (not comparable)

1. Made of wickerwork.

Translations

Further reading

• wicker on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Middle English

Adjective

wicker

1. comparative degree of wikke