ker

ker

1. (mathematics, algebra) kernel

ker

1. (anatomy) thigh

ker

1. Hard mutation of ger.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɛr]
• Rhymes: -ɛr

ker

1. genitive plural of kra

From Kerl (“bloke, guy, man”).

• IPA^(key): /keːr/, [keːɐ̯], [kɛɐ̯]
• Homophone: kehr

ker

1. (colloquial, regional, Ruhrgebiet, Münsterland) man!, Jesus! (general-purpose intensifier, especially expresses frustration)

   Ker, ich raste bald aus!

   Man, I’m really losing it now!

ker

1. Broad transcription of 𒆠𒅕

From Old Norse ker, from Proto-Germanic *kazą. Doublet of kar, which was borrowed from Danish.

• IPA^(key): /cʰɛːr/
• Rhymes: -ɛːr

ker n (genitive singular kers, nominative plural ker)

1. tub, vat
2. vessel, container

• (tub, vat): kerald, stampur
• (vessel): ílát

• leirker

From Proto-Loloish *ko² (Bradley), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan. Cognate with Nuosu ꈐ (ku), Burmese ခိုး (hkui:), Naxi kv (“to steal”), Drung keu (“to steal”), Chinese 寇 (OC *[k]ʰˤ(r)o-s) (B-S), Tibetan རྐུ (rku), Yakkha खुमा (khuma, “to steal”), Cholim Tangsa guh (“to steal”).

• IPA^(key): [kʰɯ²¹]

ker 

1. (Yao'an) to steal

• IPA^(key): /kʰɜɾ/

ker m

1. donkey

ker oblique singular, m (oblique plural kers, nominative singular kers, nominative plural ker)

1. (Old Northern French) chier

From Proto-Germanic *kazą.

ker n

1. tub, vessel, goblet

• Icelandic: ker
• Faroese: ker
• Norwegian Bokmål: kjer
• Old Swedish: kar
  • Swedish: kar
• Old Danish: kar
  • Danish: kar
    • → Icelandic: kar
    • → Faroese: kar
    • Norwegian Bokmål: kar

• “ker”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Entry "ker" on page 239 in: Geir T. Zoëga "A Concise Dictionary of Old Islandic", Oxford at the Claredon Press (1910).

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kʲer (“to sleep”), from Proto-Tupian *kʲet (“to sleep”).[1]

Cognate with Paraguayan Guaraní ke.

• IPA^(key): /kɛɾ/
• Rhymes: -ɛɾ
• Hyphenation: ker

ker (first-person singular active indicative aker, first-person singular negative active indicative nakeri, noun kera) (intransitive)

1. to sleep

• NAVARRO, E. A. Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil. São Paulo. Global. 2013.
• NAVARRO, E. A. Método moderno de tupi antigo: a língua do Brasil dos primeiros séculos". São Paulo. Global. 2005.

Shortened form of kȅrber (“Cerberus”)

• IPA^(key): /kêːr/
• Hyphenation: ker

kȇr m (Cyrillic spelling ке̑р)

1. (slang, Bosnia, Serbia) dog

   Synonyms: pȁs; kúčak, kucko, (Montenegro) bidzin / bizin

• “ker” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъřь (“shrub, bush”). Compare Polish kierz, Lower Sorbian keŕ, Czech keř.

• IPA^(key): [ker]

ker m inan (genitive singular kra, nominative plural kry, genitive plural krov, declension pattern of dub)

1. bush, shrub

• kerový
• krík
• kríček

• “ker”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

From the neuter form of Proto-Slavic *jь že. The initial j- in relative pronouns and conjunctions changed to k- through analogy to interrogative pronouns. Compare Serbo-Croatian jer.

• IPA^(key): /kɛr/

ker

1. because (by or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that)

• “ker”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

ker

1. dirt

ker

1. deaf