Acker
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ækə(ɹ)
Proper noun
Acker
- An English topographical surname from Old English from Old English æcer (“field”).
- A German topographical surname from German from Old High German ackar (“field”).
- nickname from the Somerset slang for "friend" or "mate", e.g. Acker Bilk
Derived terms
Anagrams
German
Alternative forms
- Aker (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle High German acker, from Old High German ackar (“field”), from Proto-West Germanic *akr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʔakɐ/
Audio: (file) Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -akɐ
Noun
Acker m (strong, genitive Ackers, plural Äcker, diminutive Äckerchen n or Äckerlein n)
- field (wide, open space used to grow crops)
Declension
Declension of Acker [masculine, strong]
Related terms
- Ackerarbeit
- ackerbar
- Ackerbau
- Ackerbauer
- Ackerbeet
- Ackerbestellung
- Ackerboden
- Ackerbohne
- Ackerbürger
- Ackerdistel
- Ackererde
- Ackerfeld
- Ackerfläche
- Ackerflur
- Ackerfrucht
- Ackerfund
- Ackerfurche
- Ackergare, Ackergahre
- Ackergaul
- Ackergerät (Ackergeräth)
- Ackergesetz
- Ackergrenze
- Ackerhof
- Ackerknecht
- Ackerkrume
- Ackerland
- Ackerleine
- Ackerleute; Ackersleute
- Ackermann; Ackersmann
- Ackermaß
- Ackermaus
- ackern
- Ackernahrung
- Ackerochs
- Ackerparzelle
- Ackerpferd
- Ackerpflug
- Ackerrain
- Ackersalat
- Ackerschädling
- Ackerschicht
- Ackerschleife
- Ackerschleppe
- Ackerschnecke
- Ackerscholle
- Ackersenf
- Ackerstier
- Ackertier (Ackerthier)
- Ackerunkraut
- Ackervieh
- Ackerwagen
- Ackerwalze
- Ackerweg
- Ackerwerk
- Ackerwerkzeug
- Ackerwinde
- Ackerzahl
- beackern
- Brachacker
- Dauerackerland
- Gottesacker
- Kartoffelacker
- Leichenacker
- Leinacker
- Rapsacker
- Rübenacker
- sich vom Acker machen
- Sturzacker
- Totenacker
- Wildacker
- zackern
Further reading
- “Acker” in Duden online
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Acker”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
- “Acker” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Hunsrik
Etymology
From Middle High German acker, from Old High German ackar, from Proto-West Germanic *akr, from Proto-Germanic *akraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros, possibly from *h₂eǵ-.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaka/
- Rhymes: -aka
- Syllabification: Ac‧ker
Noun
Acker m (plural Ecker)
- acre (unit of surface area)
Related terms
- zackre
References
- ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Acker”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 9, column 1