Anker

anker Danish Etymology da; appears as Ankarl in 14th century documents; possibly originally a nickname for a seasonal farm worker. Proper noun da male German Etymology de anchor :inh gmh:anker<ety:inh<goh:anker<ety:inh<gmw-pro:*ankurō>>>> From de gmh anker, from de goh anker, goh ankero, from de gmw-pro *ankurō, from de gem-pro *ankurô. Pronunciation de /ˈʔaŋkɐ/ de De-Anker.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Noun m anchor de vor Anker gehen drop anchor de Anker lichten raise the anchor Declension m Hyponyms de Buganker Rettungsanker Notanker de Maueranker Balkenanker Ringanker Schraubanker Steinanker Zuganker Derived terms de ankern Related terms de Ankerhemmung de Ankerkette de Ankerplatz de Ankerwinde de Verankerung Descendants lv enkurs 1 lt iñkaras añkaras 1 csb ãker 1 pl ankier 1 archaic ru а́нкер 1 Further reading Anker_Geraet_Schiff_Haken Anker (Gerät, Schiff, Haken) Anker_Masz_Fluessigkeiten Anker (Maß, Flüssigkeiten) de Nautical Luxembourgish Noun m anchor Norwegian Bokmål Anker (fornavn),Anker (slekt) no Pronunciation nb /ˈaŋ.kər/ [ˈaŋ.kəɾ] nb aŋkər 2 nb An ker Etymology 1 nb da 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 nb kar man, fellow; originally a byname meaning “farmhand, harvest worker”. Compare nn Anker, da Anker and fo Anker male given name. Proper noun nb proper noun nb male Danish Usage notes nb Anker was formerly restricted as a given name in Norway because it was also a surname, but that restriction was later lifted. nb Anker was most used as a Norwegian given name around 1915–1919. Etymology 2 From the Danish-Norwegian and Swedish surname nb Anker, earlier also nb Ancher. The best-known Norwegian family of this name came to Norway from Sweden in 1668 with no Erich Olsen Ancher; the family name is connected with his father Olof Erichsson, an nb ankersmed anchor smith in Gothenburg. Compare da Anker, sv Anker, de Anker and nl Anker surname. Proper noun nb proper noun nb occupations from an occupational byname referring to an anchor smith or anchor maker Alternative forms nb Ancher older spelling; surname Statistics According to Store norske leksikon, approximately 1,100 men born in Norway in the period 1900–2017 had nb Anker as their sole given name or first given name.“Anker – mannsnamn” in Store norske leksikon. According to Statistics Norway, 213 people in Norway had nb Anker as a surname in 2025.“Etternavn”, Statistics Norway. References “Anker – mannsnamn” in Store norske leksikon. “Anker – slekt” in Store norske leksikon. “Anker (slekt)” at Lokalhistoriewiki. Anagrams nb aeknr arken karen ranke