Acker

Etymology

A multilingual topograph originating from either the Old High German ackar (“field”), or from the Middle English aker (“field”). Both surnames derive from Proto-Germanic *akraz (“field”) Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros (“field”); though in the case of the English surname it more immediately derived from Old English æcer. "Acker" also may pertain to an Ashkenazi Jewish surname that too descends from Old High German's ackar.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ækə(ɹ)

Proper noun

Acker

1. A surname​.
2. nickname from the Somerset slang for "friend" or "mate", e.g. Acker Bilk

Anagrams

• Crake, crake, creak

Etymology

From Old High German ackar (“field”), from Proto-Germanic *akraz (“field”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros (“field”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔakɐ/

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Noun

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

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

Further reading

• Acker in Duden online