Lager

From Middle High German leger, from Old High German legar, from Proto-Germanic *legrą. Cognate with Dutch leger, Middle Low German lēger, English lair, Danish lejr, Norwegian Bokmål leir, Swedish läger (“place to sleep”) and lager (“storage, stock”), Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌲𐍂𐍃 (ligrs). The modern form with -a- is of East Central German origin, apparently due to influence by the related word Lage. The original form with a front vowel has been preserved as an alternative—albeit fairly rare—plural.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaːɡɐ/

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Lager n (genitive Lagers, plural Lager or Läger)

1. a place where one sleeps, such as a bed or a spot in a barn, etc.
2. a lair of an animal (but not usually underground, for which Bau)
3. a camp (accomodation of tents or quickly built houses)
4. (obsolete) an army, especially but not exclusively when encamped
5. (figuratively) a camp, party (group of people sharing some interest or opinion)
6. a stock; storage; depot; repository (building or room used for keeping goods)
7. (geology, mining) a measure (of some resource)
8. (mechanics) a bearing
9. Short for Lagerbier: lager (beer of low fermentation)

• See also the compounds at lagern.

• Dutch: lager
  • English: laager
• English: lager
• Estonian: laager
• Russian: лагерь (lagerʹ)

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