anker
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Dutch anker. Doublet of anchor and ancora.
Noun
editanker (plural ankers)
- (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!"
References
edit- OED 2nd edition 1989
Anagrams
editAfrikaans
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Dutch anker, from Middle Dutch anker, from Old Dutch *anker, from Latin anchora.
Noun
editanker (plural ankers, diminutive ankertjie)
Etymology 2
editVerb
editanker (present anker, present participle ankerende, past participle geanker)
- (intransitive) to anchor
Basque
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Adjective
editanker (comparative ankerrago, superlative ankerren, excessive ankerregi)
Declension
editNoun
editanker anim
Declension
editindefinite | singular | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
absolutive | anker | ankerra | ankerrak |
ergative | ankerrek | ankerrak | ankerrek |
dative | ankerri | ankerrari | ankerrei |
genitive | ankerren | ankerraren | ankerren |
comitative | ankerrekin | ankerrarekin | ankerrekin |
causative | ankerrengatik | ankerrarengatik | ankerrengatik |
benefactive | ankerrentzat | ankerrarentzat | ankerrentzat |
instrumental | ankerrez | ankerraz | ankerrez |
inessive | ankerrengan | ankerrarengan | ankerrengan |
locative | — | — | — |
allative | ankerrengana | ankerrarengana | ankerrengana |
terminative | ankerrenganaino | ankerrarenganaino | ankerrenganaino |
directive | ankerrenganantz | ankerrarenganantz | ankerrenganantz |
destinative | ankerrenganako | ankerrarenganako | ankerrenganako |
ablative | ankerrengandik | ankerrarengandik | ankerrengandik |
partitive | ankerrik | — | — |
prolative | ankertzat | — | — |
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “anker”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
- “anker”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
Danish
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle Low German anker, from Latin ancora (“anchor”). [1] Related to akkeri.
Noun
editanker n (singular definite ankret or ankeret, plural indefinite ankre)
Inflection
editReferences
edit- ^ E. Jessen (1893) Dansk Etymologisk Ordbog
Etymology 2
editFrom German Anker or Dutch anker, from Medieval Latin anceria, Latin ancheria (“a small vat”).
Noun
editanker n (singular definite ankret or ankeret, plural indefinite ankre)
Inflection
editEtymology 3
editSee anke
Noun
editanker c
- indefinite plural of anke
Verb
editanker
Dutch
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle Dutch anker, from Old Dutch *anker, from Latin anchora.
Noun
editanker n (plural ankers, diminutive ankertje n)
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Afrikaans: anker
- Negerhollands: anker, henka, heṅku
- → Lokono: anker
- → Indonesian: angker
- → Papiamentu: anker
- → Sranan Tongo: ankra (see there for further descendants)
Etymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
editanker
- inflection of ankeren:
Anagrams
editGerman
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Verb
editanker
- inflection of ankern:
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old English ancor.
Noun
editanker (plural ankeres)
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “anker, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editFrom Danish anker, from Ancient Greek ἄγκυρα (ánkura), via Latin ancora and Middle Low German anker. Related to akkeri.
Noun
editanker n (definite singular ankeret or ankret, indefinite plural anker or ankere or ankre, definite singular ankera or ankra or ankrene)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editReferences
edit- “anker” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek ἄγκυρα (ánkura), via Latin ancora and Middle Low German anker. Related to akkeri.
Noun
editanker n (definite singular ankeret, indefinite plural anker, definite plural ankera)
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “anker” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Frisian
editNoun
editanker m
Inflection
editDeclension of anker (masculine a-stem) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | anker | ankerar, ankera |
accusative | anker | ankerar, ankera |
genitive | ankeres | ankera |
dative | ankere | ankerum, ankerem |
Old High German
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *ankurô, whence also Old English ancor, Old Norse akkeri, from Latin ancora.
Noun
editanker m
Descendants
edit- German: Anker
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