oker

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English oker, okur, okir, okyr, ocker, from Old Norse ókr (“usury”), from Proto-Germanic *wōkraz (“progeny, earnings, profit”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg- (“to add, increase”). Cognate with Scots ocker (“usury”), Icelandic ókur (“usury”), Swedish ocker (“usury”), German Wucher (“usury”), Dutch woeker (“usury”), Old English wōcor (“increase, growth, fruit, usury”), Gothic 𐍅𐍉𐌺𐍂𐍃 (wōkrs, “interest, usury, tax”), Latin augere (“to increase”). More at eke, wax. ==== Alternative forms ==== ocker, occur, ockar, okir, okkir ==== Noun ==== oker (plural okers) (now chiefly dialectal) Interest on money; usury; increase. ==== Verb ==== oker (third-person singular simple present okers, present participle okering, simple past and past participle okered) (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To increase (in price); add to. ===== Derived terms ===== okerer okering === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== oker (countable and uncountable, plural okers) (mineralogy) Obsolete form of ochre. === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== oker (plural okers) Alternative form of oka (“unit of measurement”). === References === === Anagrams === Kore, kero, kore, roke == Dutch == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -oːkər === Noun === oker m (plural okers, no diminutive) ochre (mineral) === Noun === oker n (uncountable, no diminutive) ochre (colour) === Anagrams === roek, roke == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === Ultimately from Ancient Greek ὤχρα (ṓkhra, “pale yellow”), from ὠχρός (ōkhrós, “pale, ochre”). === Noun === oker m (definite singular okeren, indefinite plural okere or okre or okrer, definite plural okerne or okrene) (mineralogy) ochre ==== Derived terms ==== okergul === References === “oker” in The Bokmål Dictionary. “oker” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB). == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === Ultimately from Ancient Greek ὤχρα (ṓkhra, “pale yellow”), from ὠχρός (ōkhrós). === Noun === oker m (definite singular okeren, indefinite plural okrar, definite plural okrane) (mineralogy) ochre ==== Derived terms ==== okergul === References === “oker” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Serbo-Croatian == === Noun === òker m inan (Cyrillic spelling о̀кер) ochre