acker

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈa.kə/ Rhymes: -ækə(ɹ) === Etymology 1 === Unknown; perhaps a variant of eagre. ==== Noun ==== acker (plural ackers) (dialectal, now rare) A visible current in a lake or river; a ripple on the surface of water. === Etymology 2 === Variant forms. ==== Noun ==== acker (plural ackers) Obsolete form of acre. === References === G. A. Cooke, The County of Devon === See also === ackers (“money”) === Anagrams === Crake, Kacer, crake, creak == German == === Pronunciation === === Verb === acker inflection of ackern: first-person singular present singular imperative == Middle Dutch == === Etymology === From Old Dutch akker, from Proto-Germanic *akraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros. === Noun === acker m field (for agriculture) acre ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== Dutch: akker Limburgish: akker === Further reading === “acker”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “acker”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN == Middle High German == === Etymology === Inherited from Old High German ackar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈakːər/ === Noun === acker m field; farmland acre (unit of surface area) ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Cimbrian: akhar German: Acker Central Franconian: Hunsrik: Acker Luxembourgish: Aker Yiddish: אַקער (aker) === References === Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “acker”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel Köbler, Gerhard (2014), “acker”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition == Scots == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English actour, from Latin āctōr; equivalent to ack +‎ -er. ==== Noun ==== acker (plural ackers) actor ==== References ==== “acker, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC. === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== acker (plural ackers) alternative form of acre ===== References ===== “acker, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC. === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== acker (plural ackers) Shetland form of awkir (“stalk”) ==== References ==== “acker, n.2”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.