Danish

Proper noun

Anker

1. A male given name.

German

Etymology

From Old High German anker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔaŋkɐ/

Noun

Anker m ‎(genitive Ankers, plural Anker)

1. anchor

Declension

Related terms

• ankern

Luxembourgish

Noun

Anker m ‎(plural Ankeren)

1. anchor

English

Alternative forms

• ankor, anchor

Noun

anker ‎(plural ankers)

1. (obsolete) a measure of wine or spirit equal to 10 gallons; a barrel of this capacity

References

• OED 2nd edition 1989

Anagrams

• Karen
• naker

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch anker.

Noun

anker ‎(plural ankers)

1. anchor

Basque

Noun

anker

1. beast

Adjective

anker

1. mean

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse akkeri, from Latin ancora ‎(“anchor”).

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

Etymology 2

From German Anker or Dutch anker, from Medieval Latin anceria, 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. plural indefinite of anke

Verb

anker

1. present tense of anke

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑŋkər/

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

• ankeren

Etymology 2

Non-lemma forms.

Verb

anker

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

Anagrams

• karne, raken

German

Verb

anker

1. First-person singular present of ankern.
2. Imperative singular of ankern.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• ancre, aunker, ancre, ancer, ancher, hanker

Noun

anker (plural ankeres)

1. Anchor

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄγκυρα ‎(ánkura), via Latin ancora, German Anker (but more likely to be Old German), and Old Norse 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

Related terms

• ankre (verb)
• forankre

Derived terms

• ankerplass

References

• “anker” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄγκυρα ‎(ánkura), via Latin ancora, German Anker (but more likely to be Old German), and Old Norse 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 High German

Etymology

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

Noun

anker m

1. anchor

Descendants

• German: Anker