akr

See also: AKR, and Akr

Gothic

Romanization

akr

1. Romanization of 𐌰𐌺𐍂

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• ákr

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *akraz, whence also Old English æcer, Old High German ackar, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros.

Noun

akr m (genitive akrs, plural akrar)

1. acre
2. corn field (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Declension

  Declension of akr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	akr	akrinn	akrar	akrarnir
accusative	akr	akrinn	akra	akrana
dative	akri	akrinum	ǫkrum	ǫkrunum
genitive	akrs	akrsins	akra	akranna

Descendants

• Icelandic: akur
• Faroese: akur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: åker; (dialectal) åkur, åkr
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: åker
• Old Swedish: aker
  • Swedish: åker
• Old Danish: akær
  • Danish: ager
    • Norwegian Bokmål: aker (obsolete)
• → Norman: acre

References

• “akr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English acre. First attested in the 19th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈakr/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -akr
• Syllabification: akr

Noun

akr m inan (abbreviation ac)

1. acre (English unit of land area)

   akr ziemi ― an acre of land

   akr lasu ― an acre of forest

   tysiące akrów ― thousands of acres

   milion akrów ― a million acres

Declension

Declension of akr

	singular	plural
nominative	akr	akry
genitive	akra	akrów
dative	akrowi	akrom
accusative	akr	akry
instrumental	akrem	akrami
locative	akrze	akrach
vocative	akrze	akry

Further reading

• akr in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• akr in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “akr”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 18