gern

English

Etymology

See grin.

Verb

gern (third-person singular simple present gerns, present participle gerning, simple past and past participle gerned)

  1. (obsolete) To grin.
  2. (obsolete) To yawn.
    • Edmund Spenser
      [He] gaped like a gulf when he did gern.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for gern in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

German

Alternative forms

  • gerne (both forms are roughly equally frequent)

Etymology

From Old High German gerno, from Proto-Germanic *gernô (“willingly, gladly”), an adverbial form of *gernaz (“eager, willing”). Akin to Dutch gaarne, English yern, Swedish gärna, Danish gerne.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɛʁn/, [ɡɛʁn], [ɡɛɐ̯n]
  • audio (Austria)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛʁn

Adverb

gern (comparative lieber, superlative am liebsten)

  1. willingly; gladly; usually expressed verbally in English, with like, enjoy, etc.
    Markus fährt gern Fahrrad.
    Markus enjoys biking.
  2. (only with mögen) much; a lot
    Dieses Lied mag ich gern.
    I like this song a lot.
  3. (slightly informal) easily; often
    Mir wird gern mal schlecht im Auto.
    I easily feel sick in the car.

Derived terms

  • gern haben
  • gut und gern

Further reading

  • gern in Duden online

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gernaz, whence Old English ġeorn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡern/

Adjective

gern

  1. willing, eager

Derived terms

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gernaz, whence Old English ġeorn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣɛrn/

Adjective

gern (comparative gernoro, superlative gernost)

  1. eager

Declension

Comparative forms of gern (weak only)
gender masculine neuter feminine
case singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative gernoro gernoru gernora gernoru gernora gernoru
accusative gernorun gernorun gernora gernorun gernorun gernorun
genitive gernorun gernoronō gernorun gernoronō gernorun gernoronō
dative gernorun gernorum gernorun gernorum gernorun gernorum
Superlative forms of gern
Strong declension
gender masculine neuter feminine
case singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative gernost gernoste gernost gernoste gernost gernostu
accusative gernostana gernoste gernost gernoste gernosta gernostu
genitive gernostes gernostarō gernostes gernostarō gernostaro gernostarō
dative gernostumu gernostum gernostumu gernostum gernostaro gernostum
Weak declension
gender masculine neuter feminine
case singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative gernosto gernostu gernosta gernostu gernosta gernostu
accusative gernostun gernostun gernosta gernostun gernostun gernostun
genitive gernostun gernostonō gernostun gernostonō gernostun gernostonō
dative gernostun gernostum gernostun gernostum gernostun gernostum


Adverb

gern

  1. willingly
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