lager

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑːɡə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑːɡɚ/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːɡə(r)

A pint of lager.

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

lager (plural lagers)

1. A type of beer, brewed using a bottom-fermenting yeast.

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.

• ale

lager (plural lagers)

1. Alternative spelling of laager

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

1. Alternative spelling of laager

• Agler, Alger, Elgar, Large, Ragle, ergal, glare, large, regal

• Rhymes: -aːˀər

From German Lager

lager n (singular definite lageret, plural indefinite lagre)

1. store, warehouse

lager c (singular definite lageren, plural indefinite lagere)

1. (rare) lager (type of beer)

• lagerøl

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaː.ɣər/

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• Hyphenation: la‧ger
• Rhymes: -aːɣər

From German Lager; doublet of leger

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)

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

lager n (plural lagers)

1. (historical) laager (wagon fort used by Boers, especially Voortrekkers)

• wagenburg
• wagenfort

See the etymology of the main entry.

lager

1. Comparative form of laag

• IPA^(key): [ˈlaː.ɡɐ]

lager

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaːɣɛr/

lager m (genitive singular lagers, nominative plural lagerar)

1. stock, inventory
2. store, stock room

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

From German Lager

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

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

• lagerføre
• lagerrom
• varelager

lager

1. present of lage

• “lager” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From German Lager

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

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

• lagerføre
• lagerrom
• varelager

• “lager” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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lager n or 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

• (supply): förråd
• (stratum): skikt

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