zeker

Dutch

Alternative forms
  • (text messaging) zkr

Etymology

From Middle Dutch sēker, from Old Dutch *sikur, from Proto-West Germanic *sikur (“free, secure”), borrowed from Latin sēcūrus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈzeː.kər/
  • audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: ze‧ker
  • Rhymes: -eːkər

Adjective

zeker (comparative zekerder, superlative zekerst)

  1. certain, sure
    Antonym: onzeker
  2. confident, secure
  3. confirmed

Inflection
Inflection of zeker
uninflected zeker
inflected zekere
comparative zekerder
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial zekerzekerderhet zekerst
het zekerste
indefinite m./f. sing. zekerezekerderezekerste
n. sing. zekerzekerderzekerste
plural zekerezekerderezekerste
definite zekerezekerderezekerste
partitive zekerszekerders—

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Afrikaans: seker
  • Negerhollands: sekur, seeker, siki
  • → Sranan Tongo: seiker
    • → Caribbean Javanese: séker
  • → West Frisian: seker

Adverb

zeker

  1. certainly, surely
  2. particularly, especially
    In noordelijk Europa, zeker in Nederland, eet men het avondeten vroeger dan in het zuiden.
    In northern Europe, especially in the Netherlands, people have supper earlier than in the south.
  3. at least
    Synonyms: minstens, ten minste
    Dat zal hem zeker wel honderd euro kosten.
    That will cost him at least a hundred euros.

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ذكر (zeker), from Arabic ذَكَر (ḏakar).

Noun

zeker (definite accusative zekeri, plural zekerler)

  1. (anatomy) penis
    Synonym: penis

Declension
Inflection
Nominative zeker
Definite accusative zekeri
Singular Plural
Nominative zeker zekerler
Definite accusative zekeri zekerleri
Dative zekere zekerlere
Locative zekerde zekerlerde
Ablative zekerden zekerlerden
Genitive zekerin zekerlerin
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular zekerim zekerlerim
2nd singular zekerin zekerlerin
3rd singular zekeri zekerleri
1st plural zekerimiz zekerlerimiz
2nd plural zekeriniz zekerleriniz
3rd plural zekerleri zekerleri
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular zekerimi zekerlerimi
2nd singular zekerini zekerlerini
3rd singular zekerini zekerlerini
1st plural zekerimizi zekerlerimizi
2nd plural zekerinizi zekerlerinizi
3rd plural zekerlerini zekerlerini
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular zekerime zekerlerime
2nd singular zekerine zekerlerine
3rd singular zekerine zekerlerine
1st plural zekerimize zekerlerimize
2nd plural zekerinize zekerlerinize
3rd plural zekerlerine zekerlerine
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular zekerimde zekerlerimde
2nd singular zekerinde zekerlerinde
3rd singular zekerinde zekerlerinde
1st plural zekerimizde zekerlerimizde
2nd plural zekerinizde zekerlerinizde
3rd plural zekerlerinde zekerlerinde
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular zekerimden zekerlerimden
2nd singular zekerinden zekerlerinden
3rd singular zekerinden zekerlerinden
1st plural zekerimizden zekerlerimizden
2nd plural zekerinizden zekerlerinizden
3rd plural zekerlerinden zekerlerinden
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular zekerimin zekerlerimin
2nd singular zekerinin zekerlerinin
3rd singular zekerinin zekerlerinin
1st plural zekerimizin zekerlerimizin
2nd plural zekerinizin zekerlerinizin
3rd plural zekerlerinin zekerlerinin
Predicative forms
Singular Plural
1st singular zekerim zekerlerim
2nd singular zekersin zekerlersin
3rd singular zeker
zekerdir		 zekerler
zekerlerdir
1st plural zekeriz zekerleriz
2nd plural zekersiniz zekerlersiniz
3rd plural zekerler zekerlerdir
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.