Äken
German Low German
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Middle Dutch aker or Old Dutch *aker, or from Latin aquarium. Perhaps also related to Latin aheneus.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editÄken m
- (Westphalian) small kettle, typically made of copper or brass.
References
edit- Friedrich Woeste, Wörterbuch der westfälischen Mundart (Wörterbücher. Herausgegeben vom Verein für niederdeutsche Sprachforschung. Band I) (1882, Norden & Leipzig: Diedr. Soltau's Verlag), p. 4: "æken, æker, m. kleiner kessel. [...]"