"Anker" meaning in German

See Anker in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈʔaŋkɐ/ Audio: De-Anker.ogg
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}}, {{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

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "lang_code": "lv",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "enkurs"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "lang_code": "lt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "iñkaras"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "lang_code": "lt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "añkaras"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Kashubian",
      "lang_code": "csb",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "ãker"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "ankier"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "ánker",
      "word": "а́нкер"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": ":inh",
        "3": "gmh:anker<ety:inh<goh:anker<ety:inh<gmw-pro:*ankurō>>>>",
        "id": "anchor"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "anker"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German anker",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "anker"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German anker",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*ankurō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *ankurō",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*ankurô"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *ankurô",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German anker, from Old High German anker, ankero, from Proto-West Germanic *ankurō, from Proto-Germanic *ankurô.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Ankers",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Anker",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Anker",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Anker",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ankers",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Anker",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Anker",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ankern",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Anker",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Anker",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "Anker m (strong, genitive Ankers, plural Anker)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using etymon with no ID",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Nautical",
          "orig": "de:Nautical",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "ankern"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "drop anchor",
          "text": "vor Anker gehen",
          "translation": "drop anchor",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "raise the anchor",
          "text": "Anker lichten",
          "translation": "raise the anchor",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "anchor"
      ],
      "hyponyms": [
        {
          "word": "Buganker"
        },
        {
          "word": "Notanker"
        },
        {
          "word": "Rettungsanker"
        },
        {
          "word": "Balkenanker"
        },
        {
          "word": "Maueranker"
        },
        {
          "word": "Ringanker"
        },
        {
          "word": "Schraubanker"
        },
        {
          "word": "Steinanker"
        },
        {
          "word": "Zuganker"
        }
      ],
      "id": "en-Anker-de-noun-eb-w4rp2",
      "links": [
        [
          "anchor",
          "anchor"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "Ankerhemmung"
        },
        {
          "word": "Ankerkette"
        },
        {
          "word": "Ankerplatz"
        },
        {
          "word": "Ankerwinde"
        },
        {
          "word": "Verankerung"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʔaŋkɐ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Anker.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a2/De-Anker.ogg/De-Anker.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/De-Anker.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Anker"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "ankern"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "lang_code": "lv",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "enkurs"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "lang_code": "lt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "iñkaras"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "lang_code": "lt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "añkaras"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Kashubian",
      "lang_code": "csb",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "ãker"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "ankier"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "ánker",
      "word": "а́нкер"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": ":inh",
        "3": "gmh:anker<ety:inh<goh:anker<ety:inh<gmw-pro:*ankurō>>>>",
        "id": "anchor"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "anker"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German anker",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "anker"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German anker",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*ankurō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *ankurō",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*ankurô"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *ankurô",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German anker, from Old High German anker, ankero, from Proto-West Germanic *ankurō, from Proto-Germanic *ankurô.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Ankers",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Anker",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Anker",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Anker",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ankers",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Anker",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Anker",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ankern",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Anker",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Anker",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "Anker m (strong, genitive Ankers, plural Anker)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyponyms": [
    {
      "word": "Buganker"
    },
    {
      "word": "Notanker"
    },
    {
      "word": "Rettungsanker"
    },
    {
      "word": "Balkenanker"
    },
    {
      "word": "Maueranker"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ringanker"
    },
    {
      "word": "Schraubanker"
    },
    {
      "word": "Steinanker"
    },
    {
      "word": "Zuganker"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Ankerhemmung"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ankerkette"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ankerplatz"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ankerwinde"
    },
    {
      "word": "Verankerung"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German entries with incorrect language header",
        "German lemmas",
        "German masculine nouns",
        "German nouns",
        "German terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "German terms derived from Latin",
        "German terms derived from Middle High German",
        "German terms derived from Old High German",
        "German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂enk-",
        "German terms inherited from Middle High German",
        "German terms inherited from Old High German",
        "German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
        "German terms with usage examples",
        "Pages using etymon with no ID",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Pages with inline etymon for redlinks",
        "de:Nautical"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "drop anchor",
          "text": "vor Anker gehen",
          "translation": "drop anchor",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "raise the anchor",
          "text": "Anker lichten",
          "translation": "raise the anchor",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "anchor"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "anchor",
          "anchor"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʔaŋkɐ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Anker.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a2/De-Anker.ogg/De-Anker.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/De-Anker.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Anker"
}

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