Acker

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈækə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈækɚ/ Rhymes: -ækə(ɹ) === Proper noun === Acker An English topographical surname from Old English from Old English æcer (“field”). A German topographical surname from German from Old High German ackar (“field”). nickname from the Somerset slang for "friend" or "mate", e.g. Acker Bilk ==== Derived terms ==== === Anagrams === Crake, Kacer, crake, creak == German == === Alternative forms === Aker (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle High German acker, from Old High German ackar (“field”), from Proto-West Germanic *akr. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʔakɐ/ Rhymes: -akɐ === Noun === Acker m (strong, genitive Ackers, plural Äcker, diminutive Äckerchen n or Äckerlein n) field (wide, open space used to grow crops) ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “Acker” in Duden online Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Acker”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891 “Acker” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache == Hunsrik == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle High German acker. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈaka/ Rhymes: -aka Syllabification: Ac‧ker === Noun === Acker m (plural Ecker) acre (unit of surface area) ==== Related terms ==== === References ===