zeker

• (text messaging) zkr

From Middle Dutch sēker, from Old Dutch *sikur, from Proto-West Germanic *sikur (“free, secure”), borrowed from Latin sēcūrus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈzeː.kər/

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• Hyphenation: ze‧ker
• Rhymes: -eːkər

zeker (comparative zekerder, superlative zekerst)

1. certain, sure

   Antonym: onzeker

2. confident, secure
3. confirmed

• verzekeren
• verzekering
• zekerheid

• Afrikaans: seker
• Negerhollands: sekur, seeker, siki
• → Sranan Tongo: seiker
  • → Caribbean Javanese: séker
• → West Frisian: seker

zeker

1. certainly, surely
2. particularly, especially

   In noordelijk Europa, zeker in Nederland, eet men het avondeten vroeger dan in het zuiden.

   In northern Europe, especially in the Netherlands, people have supper earlier than in the south.

3. at least

   Synonyms: minstens, ten minste

   Dat zal hem zeker wel honderd euro kosten.

   That will cost him at least a hundred euros.

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ذكر (zeker), from Arabic ذَكَر (ḏakar).

zeker (definite accusative zekeri, plural zekerler)

1. (anatomy) penis

   Synonym: penis