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Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch zeker, from Middle Dutch seker, from Old Dutch *sikur, from Proto-West Germanic *sikur (“free, secure”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
seker (attributive sekere or seker, comparative sekerder, superlative sekerste)
- sure, definite, certain
- confident, secure
Usage notes
- One should distinguish the attributive adjective from the determiner sekere (“some, a certain”). The determiner always ends in -e, whereas the adjective may have either form: ’n seker(e) oorwinning (“certain victory”).
Derived terms
Adverb
seker
- probably, likely
- Synonym: waarskynlik
Dis seker wat gebeur het.- That's probably what happened.
Hy is seker nog by die hospitaal.- He is likely still at the hospital.
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
seker f
- genitive plural of sekera
Middle English
Adjective
seker
- Alternative form of siker
Adverb
seker
- Alternative form of siker
Zazaki
Etymology
Ultimately from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā, “ground or candied sugar, originally meaning grit, gravel”).
Noun
seker (šakar)
- sugar