"Anker" meaning in All languages combined

See Anker on Wiktionary

Proper name [Danish]

Etymology: Uncertain; appears as Ankarl in 14th century documents; possibly originally a nickname for a seasonal farm worker. Etymology templates: {{unc|da}} Uncertain Head templates: {{head|da|proper noun|||g=|head=}} Anker, {{da-proper noun}} Anker
  1. a male given name
    Sense id: en-Anker-da-name-h8YdwBAs Categories (other): Danish entries with incorrect language header, Danish given names, Danish male given names, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 38 23 23 11 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 22 22 15 5

Noun [German]

IPA: /ˈʔaŋkɐ/ Audio: De-Anker.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Etymology: From Middle High German anker, from Old High German anker, ankero, from Proto-West Germanic *ankurō, from Proto-Germanic *ankurô. Etymology templates: {{etymon|de|:inh|gmh:anker<ety:inh<goh:anker<ety:inh<gmw-pro:*ankurō>>>>|id=anchor}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "is_uncertain" : true, "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "curve", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₂enk-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" }, { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "is_uncertain" : true, "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "lang_name" : "Pre-Greek", "status" : "ok", "children" : [ ], "lang" : "qsb-grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "ᾰ̓́γκῡρᾰ", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "ancora", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*ankurô", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*ankurō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old High German", "term" : "anker", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "goh" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle High German", "term" : "anker", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "gmh" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "Anker", "lang" : "de" }" data-id="anchor" data-lang="de" data-title="Anker" id="German:_anchor">, {{inh|de|gmh|anker}} Middle High German anker, {{inh|de|goh|anker}} Old High German anker, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*ankurō}} Proto-West Germanic *ankurō, {{inh|de|gem-pro|*ankurô}} Proto-Germanic *ankurô Head templates: {{de-noun|m}} Anker m (strong, genitive Ankers, plural Anker) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m}} Forms: Ankers [genitive], Anker [plural], strong [table-tags], Anker [nominative, singular], Anker [definite, nominative, plural], Ankers [genitive, singular], Anker [definite, genitive, plural], Anker [dative, singular], Ankern [dative, definite, plural], Anker [accusative, singular], Anker [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. anchor Tags: masculine, strong Hyponyms: Buganker, Notanker, Rettungsanker, Balkenanker, Maueranker, Ringanker, Schraubanker, Steinanker, Zuganker Derived forms: ankern Related terms: Ankerhemmung, Ankerkette, Ankerplatz, Ankerwinde, Verankerung

Noun [Luxembourgish]

Forms: Ankeren [plural]
Head templates: {{lb-noun|m}} Anker m (plural Ankeren)
  1. anchor Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-Anker-lb-noun-eb-w4rp2 Categories (other): Luxembourgish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries

Proper name [Norwegian Bokmål]

IPA: /ˈaŋ.kər/, [ˈaŋ.kəɾ]
Rhymes: -aŋkər Etymology: Borrowed from Danish Anker (“male given name”). The Danish name is a two-element name, with the first element meaning “harvest work, seasonal farm work” and the second element corresponding to kar (“man, fellow”); originally a byname meaning “farmhand, harvest worker”. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk Anker, Danish Anker and Faroese Anker (“male given name”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|nb|da|Anker|t=male given name}} Borrowed from Danish Anker (“male given name”), {{cog|nn|Anker}} Norwegian Nynorsk Anker, {{cog|da|Anker}} Danish Anker, {{cog|fo|Anker|t=male given name}} Faroese Anker (“male given name”) Head templates: {{head|nb|proper noun}} Anker
  1. a male given name from Danish
    Sense id: en-Anker-nb-name-a1NTZ5gy Categories (other): Norwegian Bokmål given names, Norwegian Bokmål male given names
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name [Norwegian Bokmål]

IPA: /ˈaŋ.kər/, [ˈaŋ.kəɾ] Forms: Ancher [alternative]
Rhymes: -aŋkər Etymology: From the Danish-Norwegian and Swedish surname Anker, earlier also Ancher. The best-known Norwegian family of this name came to Norway from Sweden in 1668 with Erich Olsen Ancher; the family name is connected with his father Olof Erichsson, an ankersmed (“anchor smith”) in Gothenburg. Compare Danish Anker, Swedish Anker, German Anker and Dutch Anker (“surname”). Etymology templates: {{cog|da|Anker}} Danish Anker, {{cog|sv|Anker}} Swedish Anker, {{cog|de|Anker}} German Anker, {{cog|nl|Anker|t=surname}} Dutch Anker (“surname”) Head templates: {{head|nb|proper noun}} Anker
  1. a surname originating as an occupation, from an occupational byname referring to an anchor smith or anchor maker
    Sense id: en-Anker-nb-name-GMiydLf3 Categories (other): Norwegian Bokmål surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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