lager

See also: Lager, läger, låger, and Läger

English

WOTD – 29 June 2009

Etymology 1

A pint of lager.

From German Lagerbier (“beer made for storing”), from Lager (“store”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈlɑːɡə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈlɑːɡɚ/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːɡə(r)

Noun

lager (plural lagers)

  1. A type of beer, brewed using a bottom-fermenting yeast.
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

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.

See also

Etymology 2

Noun

lager (plural lagers)

  1. Alternative spelling of laager

Verb

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

  1. Alternative spelling of laager

Anagrams

Danish

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aːˀər

Etymology 1

From German Lager

Noun

lager n (singular definite lageret, plural indefinite lagre)

  1. store, warehouse
Inflection

Etymology 2

Noun

lager c (singular definite lageren, plural indefinite lagere)

  1. (rare) lager (type of beer)
Inflection
Synonyms
  • lagerøl

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Adjective

lager

  1. Comparative form of laag; lower

Etymology 2

Noun

lager n (plural lagers, diminutive lagertje n)

  1. (archaic) bearing (a metal block or other construction holding a rotating axis in position)
  2. (archaic) beer of low fermentation (also Lagerbier ‘lager beer’; from identical German)

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlaː.ɡɐ]

Verb

lager

  1. First-person singular present of lagern. (colloquial)
  2. Imperative singular of lagern. (colloquial)

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlaːɣɛr/

Noun

lager m (genitive singular lagers, nominative plural lagerar)

  1. stock, inventory
  2. store, stock room

Declension

Antonyms

  • (stock): vörubirgðir
  • (store): vörugeymsla

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From German Lager

Noun

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

Etymology 2

Verb

lager

  1. present tense of lage

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German Lager

Noun

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

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

Derived terms

References

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Noun

lager n, c

  1. a store, a warehouse; a place where things are stored, for example before they are moved out to the sales area in a shop
  2. a supply, stock; the things in a store
  3. a layer; a single thickness of some material covering a surface
  4. a stratum; one of several parallel horizontal layers of material arranged one on top of another
  5. a bearing; a mechanical device that supports another part and/or reduces friction, especially between rotating parts.
  6. a laurel, a crown of laurel, an academic merit c
    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)
  7. a lager; a type of beer c

Declension

Declension of lager 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative lager lagret lager lagren
Genitive lagers lagrets lagers lagrens
Declension of lager 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative lager lagern lagrar lagrarna
Genitive lagers lagerns lagrars lagrarnas
Declension of lager 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative lager lagern — —
Genitive lagers lagerns — —

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • glidlager
  • kullager
  • lagerbock
  • lagerföra
  • lagerhus
  • lagerkrans
  • lagerrensning
  • lagerbyggnad
  • lagra
  • rullager
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