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5-letter words (4 found)

ANKER,NAKER,NERKA,RANKE,

4-letter words (14 found)

EARN,KANE,KARN,KERN,KNAR,NARE,NARK,NEAR,NERK,RAKE,RANK,REAK,REAN,RENK,

3-letter words (16 found)

AKE,ANE,ARE,ARK,EAN,EAR,ERA,ERK,ERN,KAE,KEA,KEN,NAE,NEK,RAN,REN,

2-letter words (10 found)

AE,AN,AR,EA,EN,ER,KA,NA,NE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 45 words from anker according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of anker

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Definitions and meaning of anker

anker

Alternative forms

  • ankor, anchor

Etymology

Dutch anker

Noun

anker (plural ankers)

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

References

  • OED 2nd edition 1989

Anagrams

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

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaŋ.kər/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

anker (plural ankers, diminutive ankertjie)

  1. anchor

Etymology 2

From Dutch ankeren.

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) to anchor

Basque

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /anker/, [ãŋ.ke̞r]

Adjective

anker (comparative ankerrago, superlative ankerren, excessive ankerregi)

  1. mean

Declension

Noun

anker anim

  1. beast

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • "anker" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • “anker” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

Danish

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

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

References

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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

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

Etymology 3

See anke

Noun

anker c

  1. indefinite plural of anke

Verb

anker

  1. present of anke

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑŋkər/
  • Hyphenation: an‧ker
  • Rhymes: -ɑŋkər

Etymology 1

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

Noun

anker n (plural ankers, diminutive ankertje n)

  1. anchor
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: anker
  • Negerhollands: anker, henka, heṅku
  • → Lokono: anker
  • → Indonesian: angker
  • → Papiamentu: anker
  • → Sranan Tongo: ankra (see there for further descendants)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

anker

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

Anagrams

  • karne, raken

German

Pronunciation

Verb

anker

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

Middle English

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Old English ancor.

Noun

anker (plural ankeres)

  1. anchor

Descendants

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

References

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Noun

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

Derived terms

  • ankerplass

Related terms

References

  • “anker” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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

Noun

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

  1. (nautical) an anchor

Derived terms

  • ankerplass

References

  • “anker” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Frisian

Noun

anker m

  1. anchor

Inflection

Old High German

Etymology

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

Noun

anker m

  1. anchor
    Synonym: senkil

Descendants

  • German: Anker

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