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English
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Acker
- An English topographical surname from Old English from Old English æcer (“field”).
- A German topographical surname from German from Old High German ackar (“field”).
- nickname from the Somerset slang for "friend" or "mate", e.g. Acker Bilk
Derived terms
Anagrams
German
Etymology
From Middle High German acker, from Old High German ackar (“field”), from Proto-West Germanic *akr.
Pronunciation
Noun
Acker m (strong, genitive Ackers, plural Äcker, diminutive Äckerchen n or Äckerlein n)
- field (wide, open space used to grow crops)
Declension
Further reading
Hunsrik
Etymology
From Middle High German acker, from Old High German ackar, from Proto-West Germanic *akr, from Proto-Germanic *akraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros, possibly from *h₂eǵ-.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaka/
- Rhymes: -aka
- Syllabification: Ac‧ker
Noun
Acker m (plural Ecker)
- acre (unit of surface area)
References
- ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Acker”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 9, column 1