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Ecker.

beechnut

5 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɛkɐ/
  1. beechnut

    dated · feminine · rare
  2. acorn

    feminine · obsolete
  3. acorns as a suit in German playing cards

    archaic · dialectal · feminine · plural-normally
Where this word comes from

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 ākeren, eckeren). See also Buchecker.

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