ocker

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɒkə/ Rhymes: -ɒkə(ɹ) === Etymology 1 === From Middle English ocker, oker, from Old Norse ókr (“usury”), from Proto-Germanic *wōkraz (“progeny, earnings, profit”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg- (“to add, increase”). More at oker. ==== Noun ==== ocker (plural ockers) (now chiefly dialectal) Interest on money; usury; increase. ==== Verb ==== ocker (third-person singular simple present ockers, present participle ockering, simple past and past participle ockered) (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To increase (in price); add to. ===== Derived terms ===== ockerer ockering === Etymology 2 === From Ocker, pet form of the name Oscar; popularised in a series of television sketches where the word was used as a general nickname. ==== Noun ==== ocker (plural ockers) (slang, Australia) A boorish or uncultivated Australian. ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Adjective ==== ocker (comparative more ocker, superlative most ocker) (slang, Australia) Uncultivated; boorish. ==== See also ==== Ocker ==== References ==== The Oxford Companion to Australian Cricket, ed. Cashman, Franks, Maxwell, Stoddart, Weaver and Webster, Oxford University Press, 1996, →ISBN p.562 Australian word 'Ocker' — Australian words — Australian National Dictionary Centre — ANU. === Anagrams === Coker, Croke, Korçë, coker == German == === Etymology === Denominal adjective of Ocker. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɔkɐ/ Hyphenation: ocker === Adjective === ocker (strong nominative masculine singular ockerer, not comparable) ochre/ocher (color) ==== Usage notes ==== Some language related books prescribe uninflected forms like das ocker Kleid and not das ockerne Kleid, and some even state that some color adjectives like ocker can't be used attributively, so one can say das Kleid ist ocker but not das ocker Kleid. ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== ockerbraun ockergelb === References === === Further reading === “ocker” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “ocker” in Duden online “ocker” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “ocker” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish oker, uker, from Old Norse ókr, okr, from Proto-Germanic *wōkraz. Cognate of Norwegian åger, Danish åger, German Wucher, Dutch woeker, English oker, Gothic 𐍅𐍉𐌺𐍂𐍃 (wōkrs). === Noun === ocker n usury ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ockerpris ==== Related terms ==== ockra ockrare === References === ocker in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) ocker in Svensk ordbok (SO) ocker in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB) ocker in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)