anker

== English == === Alternative forms === ankor, anchor === Etymology === From Dutch anker. Doublet of anchor and ancora. === Noun === anker (plural ankers) (obsolete) A measure of wine or spirit equal to 10 gallons; a barrel of this capacity. ==== Descendants ==== → Irish: ancaire === References === John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “anker”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN. === Anagrams === naker, Karen, Kārēn, knare, ranke, karen, nerka, Krane == Afrikaans == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈaŋ.kər/ === Etymology 1 === From Dutch anker, from Middle Dutch anker, from Old Dutch *anker, from Latin anchora. ==== Noun ==== anker (plural ankers, diminutive ankertjie) anchor === Etymology 2 === From Dutch ankeren. ==== Verb ==== anker (present anker, present participle ankerende, past participle geanker) (intransitive) to anchor == Basque == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /anker/ [aŋ.ker] Rhymes: -anker, -er Hyphenation: an‧ker === Adjective === anker (comparative ankerrago, superlative ankerren, excessive ankerregi) mean ==== Declension ==== === Noun === anker anim beast ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “anker”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language] “anker”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005 == Danish == === Etymology 1 === From Middle Low German anker, from Latin ancora (“anchor”). Related to akkeri. ==== Noun ==== anker n (singular definite ankret or ankeret, plural indefinite ankre) (nautical) anchor armature, anchor (rotating part of an electric motor or dynamo) ===== Inflection ===== ==== References ==== === Etymology 2 === From German Anker or Dutch anker, from Medieval Latin anceria, Latin ancheria (“a small vat”). ==== Noun ==== anker n (singular definite ankret or ankeret, plural indefinite ankre) barrel (beer), cask (wine) anker ===== Inflection ===== === Etymology 3 === See anke ==== Noun ==== anker c indefinite plural of anke ==== Verb ==== anker present of anke == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑŋkər/ Hyphenation: an‧ker Rhymes: -ɑŋkər === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch anker, from Old Dutch *anker, from Latin ancora. ==== Noun ==== anker n (plural ankers, diminutive ankertje n) anchor ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Afrikaans: anker Negerhollands: anker, henka, heṅku → English: anker, ankor, anchor→ Irish: ancaire → Indonesian: angker, angkur → Lokono: anker → Papiamentu: anker → Sranan Tongo: ankra (see there for further descendants) === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== anker inflection of ankeren: first-person singular present indicative (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative imperative === Anagrams === karne, raken == German == === Pronunciation === === Verb === anker inflection of ankern: first-person singular present singular imperative == Indonesian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈan.kər/, [ˈan.kər] === Noun === anker (plural anker-anker) syllabic abbreviation of anak kereta (someone who daily commutes using train, term commonly used in Jabodetabek area) == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Old English ancor. ==== Alternative forms ==== ancre, aunkir, ankor, ankur, ankir, ancher, ancour, hanker ==== Noun ==== anker (plural ankeres) anchor ===== Descendants ===== English: anchor (see there for further descendants) Scots: anchor, anker ===== References ===== “anker, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== anker alternative form of ankre == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Danish anker, from Ancient Greek ἄγκυρα (ánkura), via Latin ancora and Middle Low German anker. Related to akkeri. === Noun === anker n (definite singular ankeret or ankret, indefinite plural anker or ankere or ankre, definite singular ankera or ankra or ankrene) (nautical) an anchor ==== Derived terms ==== ankerplass ==== Related terms ==== === References === “anker” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === ankar (dialectal) === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἄγκυρα (ánkura), via Latin ancora and Middle Low German anker. Related to akkeri. === Noun === anker n (definite singular ankeret, indefinite plural anker, definite plural ankera) (nautical) an anchor ==== Derived terms ==== ankerplass ankertroll === References === “anker” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old Frisian == === Noun === anker m anchor ==== Inflection ==== == Old High German == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *ankurô, whence also Old English ancor, Old Norse akkeri, from Latin ancora. === Noun === anker m anchor Synonym: senkil ==== Descendants ==== German: Anker