akker

From Middle Dutch acker, from Old Dutch akker, from Proto-West Germanic *akr.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.kər/

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• Hyphenation: ak‧ker
• Rhymes: -ɑkər
• Homophone: Akker

akker m (plural akkers, diminutive akkertje n)

1. (agriculture) agricultural field (field on which crops are grown)

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• Afrikaans: akker
• Negerhollands: akker
• → Min Nan: kah

• krake

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈaʰt͡ʃːɪɹ]

akker n (genitive singular akkers, plural akker)

1. anchor

Declension of akker
n3	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	akker	akkerið	akker	akkerini
accusative	akker	akkerið	akker	akkerini
dative	akkeri	akkerinum	akkerum	akkerunum
genitive	akkers	akkersins	akkera	akkeranna

akker m (definite singular akkeren, indefinite plural akkerer, definite plural akkerene)

1. form removed by a 1984 spelling decision; superseded by akkar

akker (plural akkers)

1. Shetland form of awkir

• “akker, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.