anker

• ankor, anchor

From Dutch anker. Doublet of anchor and ancora.

anker (plural ankers)

1. (obsolete) A measure of wine or spirit equal to 10 gallons; a barrel of this capacity.
   • 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, “He is Made Acquainted with the Characters of Commodore Trunnion and His Adherents; Meets with Them by Accident and Contracts an Intimacy with that Commander”, in The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC, page 6, column 1:

     And if your honour ſhould want a ſmall parcel of fine tea, or a few anchors of right Nantz, I'll be bound you ſhall be furniſhed to your heart's content.

   • 1889, Robert Louis Stevenson, “The Master’s Wanderings”, in The Master of Ballantrae. […], London, Paris: Cassell & Company, […], →OCLC, page 56:

     [I]t is quite a painful reflection how many whole crews we have made to walk the plank for no more than a stock of biscuit or an anker or two of spirit.

   • 1938 April, C[ecil] S[cott] Forester [pseudonym; Cecil Louis Troughton Smith], chapter V, in A Ship of the Line, Greenwich edition, London: Michael Joseph, published 1951 (February 1962 printing), →OCLC, pages 40–41:

     "God damn and blast all you hamfisted yokels!" he was saying. "And you, sir, down there. Take that grin off your face and be more careful, or I'll have you clapped under hatches to sail with us today. Easy, there, easy! Christ, rum at seven guineas an anker isn't meant to be dropped like pig iron!"

• OED 2nd edition 1989

• naker, Karen, Kārēn, knare, ranke, karen, nerka, Krane

• IPA^(key): /ˈaŋ.kər/

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

anker (plural ankers, diminutive ankertjie)

1. anchor

From Dutch ankeren.

anker (present anker, present participle ankerende, past participle geanker)

1. (intransitive) to anchor

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• IPA^(key): /anker/, [ãŋ.ke̞r]

anker (comparative ankerrago, superlative ankerren, excessive ankerregi)

1. mean

anker anim

1. beast

• “anker”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “anker”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

From Middle Low German anker, from Latin ancora (“anchor”). ^[1] Related to akkeri.

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. indefinite plural 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

• Afrikaans: anker
• Negerhollands: anker, henka, heṅku
• → Lokono: anker
• → Indonesian: angker
• → Papiamentu: anker
• → Sranan Tongo: ankra (see there for further descendants)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

anker

1. inflection of ankeren:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

• karne, raken

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anker

1. inflection of ankern:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative

• ancre, aunkir, ankor, ankur, ankir, ancher, ancour, hanker

From Old English ancor.

anker (plural ankeres)

1. anchor

• English: anchor (see there for further descendants)
• Scots: anchor, anker

• “anker, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

From Danish anker, from Ancient Greek ἄγκυρα (ánkura), via Latin ancora and Middle Low German anker. Related to 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 and Middle Low German anker. Related to 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

   Synonym: senkil

• German: Anker