Acker

See also: acker and Äcker

English

Etymology

A multilingual topograph originating from either the Old High German ackar (field), or from the Middle English aker (field). Both surnames derive from Proto-Germanic *akraz (field) Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros (field); though in the case of the English surname it more immediately derived from Old English æcer. "Acker" also may pertain to an Ashkenazi Jewish surname that too descends from Old High German's ackar.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ækə(ɹ)

Proper noun

Acker

  1. A surname.
  2. nickname from the Somerset slang for "friend" or "mate", e.g. Acker Bilk

Anagrams


German

Etymology

From Middle High German acker, from Old High German ackar (field), from Proto-Germanic *akraz (field), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros (field).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔakɐ/
  • (file)

Noun

Acker m (genitive Ackers, plural Äcker, diminutive Äckerchen n or Äckerlein n or Aeckerchen n or Aeckerlein n)

  1. field (wide, open space used to grow crops)

Declension

In older typography also:

Further reading

  • Acker in Duden online
  • Acker in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, 1891
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