Äken

See also: aken, Aken, åken, akẹn, and Âken

German Low German

Alternative forms

  • Äker

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Dutch aker or Old Dutch *aker, or from Latin aquarium. Perhaps also related to Latin aheneus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛːkɘn/

Noun

Äken m

  1. (Westphalian) small kettle, typically made of copper or brass.

References

  • Woeste, Fr. (1882) “æken, æker”, in Wörterbuch der westfälischen Mundart (Wörterbücher. Herausgegeben vom Verein für niederdeutsche Sprachforschung; I) (in German), Norden, Leipzig: Diedr. Soltau's Verlag, →ISBN, page 4: “m. kleiner kessel”
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