akker

See also: Äkker

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch acker, from Old Dutch akker, from Proto-West Germanic *akr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.kər/

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• Hyphenation: ak‧ker
• Rhymes: -ɑkər
• Homophone: Akker

Noun

akker m (plural akkers, diminutive akkertje n)

1. (agriculture) agricultural field (field on which crops are grown)

Derived terms

- (general):

• akkerbouw
• akkerbouwer
• akkerdistel
• akkerdoornzaad
• akkerereprijs
• akkergeelster
• akkerhommel
• akkerkers
• akkerklokje
• akkerkool
• akkerland
• akkerman
• akkerwinde
• bouwakker
• braakakker
• dodenakker
• Gods akker
• godsakker
• graanakker
• hennepakker
• legakker
• wendakker
• wildakker

 

- (toponyms):

• Akker
• Akkerput
• Akkerwoude
• Bergakker
• Biest-Houtakker
• Brugakker
• De Breeakker
• Den Akker
• Doornakkers
• Hazenakker
• Heesakker
• Heesterakker
• Heiakker
• Laarakkers
• Looiakkers
• Molenakker
• Oostakker
• Overakker
• Vierakker
• Vlierakkers
• Vrouwenakker

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: akker
• Negerhollands: akker
• → Min Nan: kah

Anagrams

• krake

Faroese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaʰt͡ʃːɪɹ]

Noun

akker n (genitive singular akkers, plural akker)

1. anchor

Declension

n3	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	akker	akkerið	akker	akkerini
accusative	akker	akkerið	akker	akkerini
dative	akkeri	akkerinum	akkerum	akkerunum
genitive	akkers	akkersins	akkera	akkeranna

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

akker m (definite singular akkeren, indefinite plural akkerer, definite plural akkerene)

1. form removed by a 1984 spelling decision; superseded by akkar

Scots

Noun

akker (plural akkers)

1. Shetland form of awkir

References

• “akker, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.