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German
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
Anken m (strong, genitive Anken, no plural)
- Alternative form of Anke (“butter”)
1842, Jeremias Gotthelf, “Das gelbe Vögelein”, in Bilder und Sagen aus der Schweiz, volume 1, Solothurn, page 139:Sie hatten eine magere Geiß, von der nahmen sie die Milch, und die Mutter machte noch manchmal Anken von dieser Milch in einer Flasche, um doch zuweilen etwas Schmutziges zu haben, um eine rechte Suppe zu machen, was sie oft lange, lange nicht vermochte.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Etymology 2
Noun
Anken
- genitive/dative/accusative singular of Anke
- plural of Anke
Further reading
- “Anken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache