Äken

See also: aken, Aken, åken, akẹn, and Âken

German Low German

Alternative forms

• Äker

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Dutch aker or Old Dutch *aker, or from Latin aquarium. Perhaps also related to Latin aheneus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛːkɘn/

Noun

Äken m

1. (Westphalian) small kettle, typically made of copper or brass.

References

• Friedrich Woeste, Wörterbuch der westfälischen Mundart (Wörterbücher. Herausgegeben vom Verein für niederdeutsche Sprachforschung. Band I) (1882, Norden & Leipzig: Diedr. Soltau's Verlag), p. 4: "æken, æker, m. kleiner kessel. [...]"