anker

• ankor, anchor

Dutch anker

anker (plural ankers)

1. (obsolete) a measure of wine or spirit equal to 10 gallons; a barrel of this capacity

• OED 2nd edition 1989

• Karen, knare, naker, ranke

From Dutch anker.

anker (plural ankers, diminutive ankertjie)

1. anchor

anker

1. beast

anker

1. mean

From Old Norse akkeri, from Latin ancora (“anchor”).

anker n (singular definite ankret or ankeret, plural indefinite ankre)

1. (nautical) anchor
2. armature, anchor (rotating part of an electric motor or dynamo)

From German Anker or Dutch anker, from Medieval Latin anceria, Latin ancheria (“a small vat”).

anker n (singular definite ankret or ankeret, plural indefinite ankre)

1. barrel (beer), cask (wine)
2. anker

See anke

anker c

1. plural indefinite of anke

anker

1. present of anke

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑŋkər/

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• Hyphenation: an‧ker
• Rhymes: -ɑŋkər

From Middle Dutch anker, from Old Dutch *anker, from Latin anchora.

anker n (plural ankers, diminutive ankertje n)

1. anchor

See the etymology of the main entry.

anker

1. first-person singular present indicative of ankeren
2. imperative of ankeren

• karne, raken

anker

1. First-person singular present of ankern.
2. Imperative singular of ankern.

• ancre, aunker, ancer, ancher, hanker

anker (plural ankeres)

1. Anchor

From Ancient Greek ἄγκυρα (ánkura), via Latin ancora, German Anker (but more likely to be Old German), and Old Norse akkeri.

anker n (definite singular ankeret or ankret, indefinite plural anker or ankere or ankre, definite singular ankera or ankra or ankrene)

1. (nautical) an anchor

• ankerplass

• “anker” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Ancient Greek ἄγκυρα (ánkura), via Latin ancora, German Anker (but more likely to be Old German), and Old Norse akkeri.

anker n (definite singular ankeret, indefinite plural anker, definite plural ankera)

1. (nautical) an anchor

• ankerplass

• “anker” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

anker m

1. anchor

From Proto-Germanic *ankurô, whence also Old English ancor, Old Norse akkeri, from Latin ancora

anker m

1. anchor

• German: Anker