acker

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See also: Acker and Äcker

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Unknown; perhaps a variant of eagre.

Noun

acker (plural ackers)

  1. (dialectal, now rare) A visible current in a lake or river; a ripple on the surface of water.
    • 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 436:
      The wide lovely lake lay in dreamy serenity, fretted with green undulations, ruffed with blue, patched with glades of lucid smoothness between the ackers [...].

Etymology 2

Variant forms.

Noun

acker (plural ackers)

  1. Obsolete form of acre.

References

  • G. A. Cooke, The County of Devon

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Anagrams

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

acker

  1. inflection of ackern:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. singular imperative

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch akker, from Proto-Germanic *akraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros.

Noun

acker m

  1. field (for agriculture)
  2. acre

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Dutch: akker
  • Limburgish: akker

Further reading

Middle High German

Etymology

From Old High German ackar.

Noun

acker m

  1. field, acre

Declension

Declension of acker (masculine, a-stem)
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein dër acker die ackere, acker
genitive eines dës ackeres, ackers dër ackere, acker
dative einem dëm ackere, acker dën ackeren, ackern
accusative einen dën acker die ackere, acker

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Descendants

Scots

Etymology 1

From Middle English actour, from Latin āctōr; equivalent to ack +‎ -er.

Noun

acker (plural ackers)

  1. actor

References

Etymology 2

Noun

acker (plural ackers)

  1. Alternative form of acre
References

Etymology 3

Noun

acker (plural ackers)

  1. Shetland form of awkir (“stalk”)

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