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Ecker

Pronunciation: /ˈɛkɐ/

“Ecker” is a German word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. beechnut
  2. acorn
  3. acorns as a suit in German playing cards

Etymology

The now rare simplex Ecker from Middle High German ackeran, eckern; only once attested in Old High German ekarn. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *akraną, whence also English acorn. An original neuter or masculine whose final -n was interpreted as a plural morpheme and which was subsequently made into a feminine. Kluge (24th edition) considers it a chiefly Low German word (compare Middle Low German…

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