# anker
## English
### Alternative forms

* ankor, anchor

### Etymology

From Dutch anker. Doublet of anchor and ancora.

### Noun

anker (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

* OED 2nd edition 1989

### Anagrams

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

## Afrikaans
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈaŋ.kər/

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

anker (plural ankers, diminutive ankertjie)
* anchor

### Etymology 2

From Dutch ankeren.

#### Verb

anker (present anker, present participle ankerende, past participle geanker)
* (intransitive) to anchor

## Basque
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* IPA: /anker/, [ãŋ.ke̞r]

### Adjective

anker (comparative ankerrago, superlative ankerren, excessive ankerregi)
* mean

#### Declension
### Noun

anker anim
* beast

#### Derived terms

* ankerkeria
* ankerki
* ankertasun

### Further reading

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

## 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)
* (nautical) anchor
* armature, anchor (rotating part of an electric motor or dynamo)

##### Inflection
#### References

* ↑ E. Jessen (1893) Dansk Etymologisk Ordbog

### 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)
* barrel (beer), cask (wine)
* anker

##### Inflection
### Etymology 3

See anke

#### Noun

anker c
* indefinite plural of anke

#### Verb

anker
* present of anke

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑŋkər/
* Audio:(file)
* 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)
* anchor

##### Derived terms

* ankerboei
* ankeren
* kettinganker
* muuranker
* parapluanker
* ploegstaartanker
* sneeuwanker
* stokanker
* touwanker
* werpanker

##### 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
* inflection of ankeren:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative

### Anagrams

* karne, raken

## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

anker
* inflection of ankern:
** first-person singular present
** singular imperative

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

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

### Etymology

From Old English ancor.

### Noun

anker (plural ankeres)
* 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)
* (nautical) an anchor

#### Derived terms

* ankerplass

#### Related terms

* ankre (verb)
* forankre

### 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)
* (nautical) an anchor

#### Derived terms

* ankerplass

### References

* “anker” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Frisian
### Noun

anker m
* anchor

#### Inflection
## Old High German
### Etymology

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

### Noun

anker m
* anchor
    Synonym: senkil

#### Descendants

* German: Anker