ackern
to toil; to plow; to work hard.
English translations
- 01
to till
- 02
to plow
Word details
- German meaning
- Sich sehr anstrengen oder hart arbeiten, oft im übertragenen Sinne.
- English meaning
- To toil
- Synonym
- pflügen, bearbeiten
- German example
- Er musste das ganze Wochenende ackern, um den Bericht fertigzustellen.
- English example
- He had to toil all weekend to finish the report.
- Auxiliary Verb
- haben
- Present
- ich ackre du ackerst er/sie/es ich ackert wir ackern ihr ackeret sie ackern
- Past Participle
- ich habe geackert du hast geackert er/sie/es hat geackert wir haben geackert ihr habt geackert sie haben geackert
- Past
- ich ackerte du ackertest er/sie/es ackerte wir ackerten ihr ackertet sie ackerten
Related words
- tackern
To staple
- gackern
to cackle
- flackern
flicker
- durchackern
to slog through, to plow through
- abrackern
To slave away
- rackern
To slave away, to toil
- zackern
"To slog" means to work hard and diligently, to put in a lot of effort.
- wabern
To shimmer, to flicker
- funzelig
dim
- Aufstrich
Spread
- Siedler
A settler is a person who moves to a new area or country to live and work there.
- pflügen
To plow
- robotten
Robotten (archaic) formerly referred to corvée, i.e., unpaid labor services that peasants had to provide for their landlord.
- bepflanzen
to plant
- Irrlicht
A will-o'-the-wisp is a faint, flickering light sometimes seen over marshes or swamps, possibly caused by the spontaneous combustion of marsh gas.
- flirren
To shimmer, to flicker
- schuften
To drudge means to work hard and strenuously, often under difficult conditions.
- wie ein Pferd arbeiten
To work like a horse means to work very hard and tirelessly.
- malochen
to toil, to slog
- krähen
To crow
- funkeln
sparkle
- ticken
Tick / to be crazy
- Geflirre
Flicker
- Sicherheitslücke
A security vulnerability is a weakness in a system that can be exploited by attackers to gain unauthorized access.
- irrlichtern
To flicker, to mislead
- trojanisch
Trojan
- irrlichternd
Flickering, shimmering
Example sentences with “ackern”
Er hat den ganzen Tag auf dem Feld geackert. (He toiled in the field all day.)
Frequently asked questions
Is it formal?
No, it is a common, slightly colloquial term for hard work.