woeker

Meaning

1. (historical, masculine, no-diminutive, uncountable) usury
2. (masculine, no-diminutive, uncountable) usury

Concepts

usury

profiteering

usuries

gombeen

Synonyms

woekerrente

Translations

usure

Wucher

usura

usura

usura

τοκογλυφία

Wucherei

usura

strozzinaggio

ūsūra immodica

Zinswucher

Kreditwucher

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʋukər/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: woeker

Inherited from Old Dutch:

Cognate with German: Wucher

Cognate with English: oker

In summary

From Middle Dutch woeker, from Old Dutch *wuokar, from Proto-Germanic *wōkraz. Compare German Wucher, English oker.