anker

English

Alternative forms

• ankor, anchor

Etymology

Dutch anker

Noun

anker (plural ankers)

1. (obsolete) A measure of wine or spirit equal to 10 gallons; a barrel of this capacity.
   • 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, “He is Made Acquainted with the Characters of Commodore Trunnion and His Adherents; Meets with Them by Accident and Contracts an Intimacy with that Commander”, in The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle , volumes (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., , →OCLC, page 6, column 1:

     And if your honour ſhould want a ſmall parcel of fine tea, or a few anchors of right Nantz, I'll be bound you ſhall be furniſhed to your heart's content.

   • 1889, Robert Louis Stevenson, “The Master’s Wanderings”, in The Master of Ballantrae. , London, Paris: Cassell & Company, , →OCLC, page 56:

     [I]t is quite a painful reflection how many whole crews we have made to walk the plank for no more than a stock of biscuit or an anker or two of spirit.

References

• OED 2nd edition 1989

Anagrams

• Karen, Krane, karen, knare, naker, ranke

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaŋ.kər/

Etymology 1

From Dutch anker, from Middle Dutch anker, from Old Dutch *anker, from Latin anchora.

Noun

anker (plural ankers, diminutive ankertjie)

1. anchor

Etymology 2

From Dutch ankeren.

Verb

anker (present anker, present participle ankerende, past participle geanker)

1. (intransitive) to anchor

Basque

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /anker/,

Adjective

anker (comparative ankerrago, superlative ankerren, excessive ankerregi)

1. mean

Declension

Noun

anker anim

1. beast

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• "anker" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus
• “anker” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus

Danish

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:

anker

Wikipedia ^da

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German anker, from Latin ancora (“anchor”). Related to akkeri.

Noun

anker n (singular definite ankret or ankeret, plural indefinite ankre)

1. (nautical) anchor
2. armature, anchor (rotating part of an electric motor or dynamo)

Inflection

References

Etymology 2

From German Anker or Dutch anker, from Medieval Latin anceria, Latin ancheria (“a small vat”).

Noun

anker n (singular definite ankret or ankeret, plural indefinite ankre)

1. barrel (beer), cask (wine)
2. anker

Inflection

Etymology 3

See anke

Noun

anker c

1. indefinite plural of anke

Verb

anker

1. present of anke

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑŋkər/

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• Hyphenation: an‧ker
• Rhymes: -ɑŋkər

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch anker, from Old Dutch *anker, from Latin anchora.

Noun

anker n (plural ankers, diminutive ankertje n)

1. anchor

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: anker
• Negerhollands: anker, henka, heṅku
• → Lokono: anker
• → Indonesian: angker
• → Papiamentu: anker
• → Sranan Tongo: ankra (see there for further descendants)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

anker

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

Anagrams

• karne, raken

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

anker

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

Middle English

Alternative forms

• ancre, aunkir, ankor, ankur, ankir, ancher, ancour, hanker

Etymology

From Old English ancor.

Noun

anker (plural ankeres)

1. anchor

Descendants

• English: anchor (see there for further descendants)
• Scots: anchor, anker

References

• “anker, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

anker

Wikipedia ^no

Etymology

From Danish anker, from Ancient Greek ἄγκυρα (ánkura), via Latin ancora and Middle Low German anker. Related to akkeri.

Noun

anker n (definite singular ankeret or ankret, indefinite plural anker or ankere or ankre, definite singular ankera or ankra or ankrene)

1. (nautical) an anchor

Derived terms

• ankerplass

Related terms

References

• “anker” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄγκυρα (ánkura), via Latin ancora and Middle Low German anker. Related to akkeri.

Noun

anker n (definite singular ankeret, indefinite plural anker, definite plural ankera)

1. (nautical) an anchor

Derived terms

• ankerplass

References

• “anker” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Frisian

Noun

anker m

1. anchor

Inflection

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ankurô, whence also Old English ancor, Old Norse akkeri, from Latin ancora.

Noun

anker m

1. anchor

   Synonym: senkil

Descendants

• German: Anker