seker

From Dutch zeker, from Middle Dutch seker, from Old Dutch *sikur, from Proto-West Germanic *sikur (“free, secure”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiə̯kər/

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seker (attributive sekere or seker, comparative sekerder, superlative sekerste)

1. sure, definite, certain
2. confident, secure

• One should distinguish the attributive adjective from the determiner sekere (“some, a certain”). The determiner always ends in -e, whereas the adjective may have either form: ’n seker(e) oorwinning (“certain victory”).

• sekerlik

seker

1. probably, likely

   Synonym: waarskynlik

   Dis seker wat gebeur het.

   That's probably what happened.

   Hy is seker nog by die hospitaal.

   He is likely still at the hospital.

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɛkɛr]

seker f

1. genitive plural of sekera

seker

1. alternative form of siker

seker

1. alternative form of siker

Ultimately from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā, “ground or candied sugar, originally meaning grit, gravel”).

seker (šakar)

1. sugar