lager

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See also: Lager, läger, låger, and Läger

English[edit]

WOTD – 29 June 2009

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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A pint of lager.

From German Lagerbier (“beer made for storing”), from Lager (“store”). Cognate with native English lair.

Noun[edit]

lager (plural lagers)

  1. A type of beer, brewed using a bottom-fermenting yeast.
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Verb[edit]

lager (third-person singular simple present lagers, present participle lagering, simple past and past participle lagered)

  1. To store (lager beer) at a low temperature for maturing and clarification.

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Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

lager (plural lagers)

  1. Alternative spelling of laager

Verb[edit]

lager (third-person singular simple present lagers, present participle lagering, simple past and past participle lagered)

  1. Alternative spelling of laager

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Danish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From German Lager, cognate with Danish lejr.

Noun[edit]

lager n (singular definite lageret, plural indefinite lagre)

  1. store, warehouse
Inflection[edit]
Declension of lager
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lager lageret lagre lagrene
genitive lagres lagerets lagres lagrenes

Etymology 2[edit]

Abbreviation of lagerøl.

Noun[edit]

lager c (singular definite lageren, plural indefinite lagere)

  1. (rare) lager (type of beer)
Inflection[edit]
Declension of lager
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lager lageren lagere lagerne
genitive lagers lagerens lageres lagernes
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Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From German Lager; doublet of leger

Noun[edit]

lager m or n (plural lagers, diminutive lagertje n)

  1. bearing (a metal block or other construction holding a rotating axis in position)
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From German Lager, shortening of Lagerbier (“lager beer”), a compound of Lager (“storehouse”) + Bier (“beer”).

Noun[edit]

lager n (plural lagers, diminutive lagertje n)

  1. (archaic) beer of low fermentation

Etymology 3[edit]

Likely borrowed from German Lager (“storehourse”), with semantic influence from Afrikaans laer.

Noun[edit]

lager n (plural lagers)

  1. (historical) laager (wagon fort used by Boers, especially Voortrekkers)
Hypernyms[edit]

Etymology 4[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective[edit]

lager

  1. comparative degree of laag
Descendants[edit]
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: lagri

German[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

lager

  1. first-person singular present of lagern (colloquial)
  2. singular imperative of lagern (colloquial)

Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From German Lager.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

lager m (genitive singular lagers, nominative plural lagerar)

  1. stock, inventory
  2. store, stock room

Declension[edit]

declension of lager
m-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lager lagerinn lagerar lagerarnir
accusative lager lagerinn lagera lagerana
dative lager lagernum lagerum lagerunum
genitive lagers lagersins lagera lageranna

Antonyms[edit]

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From German Lager.

Noun[edit]

lager n (definite singular lageret, indefinite plural lager or lagre, definite plural lagra or lagrene)

  1. a warehouse
  2. a bearing (mechanical part)
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

lager

  1. present tense of lage

Etymology 3[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

lager m

  1. indefinite plural of lag

References[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From German Lager.

Noun[edit]

lager n (definite singular lageret, indefinite plural lager, definite plural lagera)

  1. a warehouse
  2. a bearing (mechanical part)

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Swedish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

German Lager, from Middle High German leger, from Old High German legar, from Proto-West Germanic *legr. Doublet of läger (“place to sleep”).

Noun[edit]

lager n (countable)

  2. a store, a warehouse (a place where things are stored, for example before they are moved out to the sales area in a shop)
  3. a supply, stock (the things in a store)
    Synonym: förråd n
  4. a layer (a single thickness of some material covering a surface)
  5. a stratum (one of several parallel horizontal layers of material arranged one on top of another)
    Synonym: skikt n
  6. (mechanical engineering) a bearing (a mechanical device that supports another part and/or reduces friction, especially between rotating parts)
Declension[edit]
Declension of lager 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative lager lagret lager lagren
Genitive lagers lagrets lagers lagrens
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Swedish laver, laur, laghur, lagher, laghir, from Middle Dutch lauwer, ultimately from Latin laurus.

Noun[edit]

lager c (countable or uncountable)

  1. laurel
  2. (figuratively, usually in the plural) a crown of laurel, an academic merit
    där de härliga lagrarna gro
    where the wonderful laurels grow (i.e. at the university)
    vila inte på lagrarna
    don't rest on your laurels (don't let old victories make you lazy)
Declension[edit]
Declension of lager 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative lager lagern lagrar lagrarna
Genitive lagers lagerns lagrars lagrarnas
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

Clipping of lageröl, from lager (“store”) +‎ öl (“beer”).

Noun[edit]

lager c (countable or uncountable)

  1. lager (a type of beer)
Declension[edit]
Declension of lager 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative lager lagern lager lagerna
Genitive lagers lagerns lagers lagernas

Further reading[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Uzbek[edit]

Noun[edit]

lager (plural lagerlar)

  1. camp
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