eker

English

Etymology

eke +‎ -er

Noun

eker (plural ekers)

  1. One who ekes.
    • 1957, Petroleum Times, volume 61, page 43:
      What with the increased cost and the continued element of unreliability that these facts mean, I don't see in hydro-electricity more than an eker-out of coal and oil, not a supplanter.

Anagrams

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish eker, which is the same word as the tree ek (“oak”).

Noun

eker c

  1. a spoke (part of a wheel, a beam from hub to rim)

Declension
Declension of eker 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative eker ekern ekrar ekrarna
Genitive ekers ekerns ekrars ekrarnas
  • ekerskydd

References
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