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Old English · noun

bæcere

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong ja-stem
IPA
/ˈbæ.ke.re/
Syllables
ˈbæ · ke · re (3 syllables)
Modern English
bakerbakessells

Meaning

  1. baker (person who bakes and sells bread, etc)

Declension

Declension of bæcere
SingularPlural
Nominative bæcerebæceras
Accusative bæcerebæceras
Genitive bæceresbæcera
Dative bæcerebæcerum

All forms (5)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bakārī, from Proto-Germanic *bakārijaz, corresponding to *bæc + -ere. Cognate with Old Saxon bakkāri, bekkeri, Old High German bekkāri, beckāri (>German Bäcker), Old Norse bakari (Swedish bagare).

Descendants

baker

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