Ecker

== German == === Etymology === The now rare simplex Ecker from Middle High German ackeran, eckern; only once attested in Old High German ekarn. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *akraną, whence also English acorn. An original neuter or masculine whose final -n was interpreted as a plural morpheme and which was subsequently made into a feminine. Kluge (24th edition) considers it a chiefly Low German word (compare Middle Low German ākeren, eckeren). See also Buchecker. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛkɐ/ === Noun === Ecker f (genitive Ecker, plural Eckern) (dated, rare) beechnut (obsolete) acorn (archaic or regional, usually in the plural) acorns as a suit in German playing cards ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== === Further reading === “Ecker” in Duden online “Ecker” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Ecker” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. == Hunsrik == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈeka/ Rhymes: -eka Syllabification: Ec‧ker === Noun === Ecker plural of Acker