See also: Anker

English edit

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Dutch anker

Noun edit

anker (plural ankers)

  1. (obsolete) A measure of wine or spirit equal to 10 gallons; a barrel of this capacity.
    • 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, “He is Made Acquainted with the Characters of Commodore Trunnion and His Adherents; Meets with Them by Accident and Contracts an Intimacy with that Commander”, in The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle [], volumes (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., [], →OCLC, page 6, column 1:
      And if your honour ſhould want a ſmall parcel of fine tea, or a few anchors of right Nantz, I'll be bound you ſhall be furniſhed to your heart's content.
    • 1889, Robert Louis Stevenson, “The Master’s Wanderings”, in The Master of Ballantrae. [], London, Paris: Cassell & Company, [], →OCLC, page 56:
      [I]t is quite a painful reflection how many whole crews we have made to walk the plank for no more than a stock of biscuit or an anker or two of spirit.

References edit

  • OED 2nd edition 1989

Anagrams edit

Afrikaans edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Dutch anker, from Middle Dutch anker, from Old Dutch *anker, from Latin anchora.

Noun edit

anker (plural ankers, diminutive ankertjie)

  1. anchor

Etymology 2 edit

From Dutch ankeren.

Verb edit

anker (present anker, present participle ankerende, past participle geanker)

  1. (intransitive) to anchor

Basque edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)
  • IPA(key): /anker/, [ãŋ.ke̞r]

Adjective edit

anker (comparative ankerrago, superlative ankerren, excessive ankerregi)

  1. mean

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Noun edit

anker anim

  1. beast

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Further reading edit

  • "anker" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • anker” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

Danish edit

 
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Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Low German anker, from Latin ancora (anchor). [1] Related to akkeri.

Noun edit

anker n (singular definite ankret or ankeret, plural indefinite ankre)

  1. (nautical) anchor
  2. armature, anchor (rotating part of an electric motor or dynamo)
Inflection edit

References edit

  1. ^ E. Jessen (1893) Dansk Etymologisk Ordbog

Etymology 2 edit

From German Anker or Dutch anker, from Medieval Latin anceria, Latin ancheria (a small vat).

Noun edit

anker n (singular definite ankret or ankeret, plural indefinite ankre)

  1. barrel (beer), cask (wine)
  2. anker
Inflection edit

Etymology 3 edit

See anke

Noun edit

anker c

  1. indefinite plural of anke

Verb edit

anker

  1. present of anke

Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Dutch anker, from Old Dutch *anker, from Latin anchora.

Noun edit

anker n (plural ankers, diminutive ankertje n)

  1. anchor
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • Afrikaans: anker
  • Negerhollands: anker, henka, heṅku
  • Lokono: anker
  • Indonesian: angker
  • Papiamentu: anker
  • Sranan Tongo: ankra (see there for further descendants)

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

anker

  1. inflection of ankeren:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Anagrams edit

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Verb edit

anker

  1. inflection of ankern:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. singular imperative

Middle English edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old English ancor.

Noun edit

anker (plural ankeres)

  1. anchor

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Norwegian Bokmål edit

 
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Etymology edit

From Danish anker, from Ancient Greek ἄγκυρα (ánkura), via Latin ancora and Middle Low German anker. Related to akkeri.

Noun edit

anker n (definite singular ankeret or ankret, indefinite plural anker or ankere or ankre, definite singular ankera or ankra or ankrene)

  1. (nautical) an anchor

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Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek ἄγκυρα (ánkura), via Latin ancora and Middle Low German anker. Related to akkeri.

Noun edit

anker n (definite singular ankeret, indefinite plural anker, definite plural ankera)

  1. (nautical) an anchor

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Old Frisian edit

Noun edit

anker m

  1. anchor

Inflection edit

Declension of anker (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative anker ankerar, ankera
genitive ankeres ankera
dative ankere ankerum, ankerem
accusative anker ankerar, ankera

Old High German edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *ankurô, whence also Old English ancor, Old Norse akkeri, from Latin ancora.

Noun edit

anker m

  1. anchor
    Synonym: senkil

Descendants edit