akker

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.kər/

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

akker m (plural akkers, diminutive akkertje n)

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

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

• krake

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈaʰt͡ʃːɪɹ]

akker n (genitive singular akkers, plural akker)

1. anchor

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

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 form removed by a 1984 spelling decision; superseded by akkar

akker (plural akkers)

1. Shetland form of awkir

• “akker, n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.