anker
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
anker (plural ankers)
- (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)
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
anker (present anker, present participle ankerende, past participle geanker)
- (intransitive) to anchor
Basque edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
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Adjective edit
anker (comparative ankerrago, superlative ankerren, excessive ankerregi)
Declension edit
Noun edit
anker anim
Declension edit
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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absolutive | anker | ankerra | ankerrak |
ergative | ankerrek | ankerrak | ankerrek |
dative | ankerri | ankerrari | ankerrei |
genitive | ankerren | ankerraren | ankerren |
comitative | ankerrekin | ankerrarekin | ankerrekin |
causative | ankerrengatik | ankerrarengatik | ankerrengatik |
benefactive | ankerrentzat | ankerrarentzat | ankerrentzat |
instrumental | ankerrez | ankerraz | ankerrez |
inessive | ankerrengan | ankerrarengan | ankerrengan |
locative | — | — | — |
allative | ankerrengana | ankerrarengana | ankerrengana |
terminative | ankerrenganaino | ankerrarenganaino | ankerrenganaino |
directive | ankerrenganantz | ankerrarenganantz | ankerrenganantz |
destinative | ankerrenganako | ankerrarenganako | ankerrenganako |
ablative | ankerrengandik | ankerrarengandik | ankerrengandik |
partitive | ankerrik | — | — |
prolative | ankertzat | — | — |
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
Danish edit
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)
Inflection edit
References edit
- ^ 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)
Inflection edit
Etymology 3 edit
See anke
Noun edit
anker c
- indefinite plural of anke
Verb edit
anker
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)
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
- inflection of ankeren:
Anagrams edit
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Verb edit
anker
- inflection of ankern:
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old English ancor.
Noun edit
anker (plural ankeres)
Descendants edit
References edit
- “anker, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian Bokmål edit
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)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- “anker” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
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)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “anker” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Frisian edit
Noun edit
anker m
Inflection edit
Declension of anker (masculine a-stem) | ||
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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
Descendants edit
- German: Anker