Acker

See also: acker and Äcker

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ækə(ɹ)

Proper noun

Acker

1. An English topographical surname from Old English from Old English æcer (“field”).
2. A German topographical surname from German from Old High German ackar (“field”).
3. nickname from the Somerset slang for "friend" or "mate", e.g. Acker Bilk

Derived terms

• Ackerian

 

Anagrams

• Crake, Kacer, crake, creak

German

Alternative forms

• Aker (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle High German acker, from Old High German ackar (“field”), from Proto-West Germanic *akr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔakɐ/

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Noun

Acker m (strong, genitive Ackers, plural Äcker, diminutive Äckerchen n or Äckerlein n)

1. field (wide, open space used to grow crops)

Declension

Declension of Acker [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Acker	die	Äcker
genitive	eines	des	Ackers	der	Äcker
dative	einem	dem	Acker	den	Äckern
accusative	einen	den	Acker	die	Äcker

Related terms

• Ackerarbeit
• ackerbar
• Ackerbau
• Ackerbauer
• Ackerbeet
• Ackerbestellung
• Ackerboden
• Ackerbohne
• Ackerbürger
• Ackerdistel
• Ackererde
• Ackerfeld
• Ackerfläche
• Ackerflur
• Ackerfrucht
• Ackerfund
• Ackerfurche
• Ackergare, Ackergahre
• Ackergaul
• Ackergerät (Ackergeräth)
• Ackergesetz
• Ackergrenze
• Ackerhof
• Ackerknecht
• Ackerkrume
• Ackerland
• Ackerleine
• Ackerleute; Ackersleute
• Ackermann; Ackersmann
• Ackermaß
• Ackermaus
• ackern
• Ackernahrung
• Ackerochs
• Ackerparzelle
• Ackerpferd
• Ackerpflug
• Ackerrain
• Ackersalat
• Ackerschädling
• Ackerschicht
• Ackerschleife
• Ackerschleppe
• Ackerschnecke
• Ackerscholle
• Ackersenf
• Ackerstier
• Ackertier (Ackerthier)
• Ackerunkraut
• Ackervieh
• Ackerwagen
• Ackerwalze
• Ackerweg
• Ackerwerk
• Ackerwerkzeug
• Ackerwinde
• Ackerzahl
• beackern
• Brachacker
• Dauerackerland
• Gottesacker
• Kartoffelacker
• Leichenacker
• Leinacker
• Rapsacker
• Rübenacker
• sich vom Acker machen
• Sturzacker
• Totenacker
• Wildacker
• zackern

 

Further reading

• “Acker” in Duden online
• Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Acker”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
• “Acker” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German acker, from Old High German ackar, from Proto-West Germanic *akr, from Proto-Germanic *akraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros, possibly from *h₂eǵ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaka/
• Rhymes: -aka
• Syllabification: Ac‧ker

Noun

Acker m (plural Ecker)

1. acre (unit of surface area)

Related terms

• zackre