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Webster 1828 Edition

Aker

A'KER

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Noun.
[Gr., L. ager.]
Originally an open field. But in G. Britain the quantity of land in the aker is fixed by statute at four thousand eight hundred and forty square yards, making one hundred and sixty square rods, perches or poles; and this is the quantity of land it contains in the United States of America. [See Acre.]

Definition 2024

Aker

Aker

See also: aker and åker

Luxembourgish

Noun

Aker m ‎(plural Akeren)

  1. field

Related terms

  • akeren

Norwegian

Proper noun

Aker

  1. A surname​.

Turkish

Proper noun

Aker

  1. A male given name

aker

aker

See also: Aker and åker

English

Noun

aker ‎(plural akers)

  1. Obsolete spelling of acre
    • 1858, Jonathan Brown Bright, The Brights of Suffolk, Digitized edition, published 2006, page 127:
      … crope of an aker might have been worth=3 p aker ...
    • 1859, New England Historic Genealogical Society, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Digitized edition, S.G. Drake, published 2009, page 295:
      That all rates that shall arise upon the Towne shall be layed upon Lands accordinge to every ones p'portion aker for aker of howse lotts and aker for aker of meddowe both alike on this side and both alike on the other side …

Derived terms

  • aker-staf

References

  • Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Basque

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *aker̄, from *ake- ‎(“male animal”) (compare aketz ‎(“boar”)).

Noun

aker

  1. he-goat, billy goat

Declension

"aker"
(animate noun) declension
indefinite singular plural
absolutive aker akerra akerrak
ergative akerrek akerrak akerrek
dative akerri akerrari akerrei
genitive akerren akerraren akerren
comitative akerrekin akerrarekin akerrekin
causative akerrengatik akerrarengatik akerrengatik
benefactive akerrentzat akerrarentzat akerrentzat
instrumental akerrez akerraz akerrez
inessive akerrengan akerrarengan akerrengan
allative akerrengana akerrarengana akerrengana
terminative akerrenganaino akerrarenganaino akerrenganaino
directive akerrenganantz akerrarenganantz akerrenganantz
destinative akerrenganako akerrarenganako akerrenganako
ablative akerrengandik akerrarengandik akerrengandik
partitive akerrik
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-
prolative akertzat
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-

Related terms

  • akelarre

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Middle Dutch aker, from Old Dutch *akaran, from Proto-Germanic *akraną.

Noun

aker m ‎(plural akers, diminutive akertje n)

  1. acorn

Synonyms

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse akr, from Proto-Germanic *akraz.

Noun

aker m

  1. field, cultivated land

Declension

Declension of aker (a-stem)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative aker akrin akra(r) akrani(r), -ane(r)
accusative aker akrin akra akrana
dative akri, -e akrinum, -enom akrum, -om akrumin, -omen
genitive akers akersins akra akranna

Descendants

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

aker m ‎(Cyrillic spelling акер)

  1. acre

Vilamovian

Noun

aker m

  1. field (wide, open space used to grow crops)

Etymology

From Old High German ackar, from Proto-Germanic *akraz. Cognate with German Acker, Dutch akker, English acre, Icelandic akur.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaːkɐ/

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