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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

åker

åker

See also: aker, aaker, and Aker

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

åker m ‎(definite singular åkeren, indefinite plural åkere or åkre or åkrer, definite plural åkerne or åkrene)

  1. (agriculture) a field (wide, open space that is usually used to grow crops)

Synonyms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse akr, ákr, from Proto-Germanic *akraz ‎(“field”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros ‎(“field”).

Noun

åker m ‎(definite singular åkeren, indefinite plural åkrar, definite plural åkrane)

  1. (agriculture) a field (as above)

Synonyms

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Swedish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish aker, from Old Norse akr, from Proto-Germanic *akraz ‎(“field”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros ‎(“field”).

Noun

åker c

  1. field; a wide, open space that is used to grow crops
Declension

Etymology 2

Verb

åker

  1. present tense of åka.

Etymology

From Old Norse akr, ákr, from Proto-Germanic *akraz ‎(“field”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros ‎(“field”).

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