lager
English
WOTD – 29 June 2009
Derived terms
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
lager (third-person singular simple present lagers, present participle lagering, simple past and past participle lagered)
- To store (lager beer) at a low temperature for maturing and clarification.
See also
Etymology 2
Danish
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aːˀər
Inflection
Etymology 2
Inflection
Synonyms
- lagerøl
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlaː.ɣər/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: la‧ger
- Rhymes: -aːɣər
Noun
lager n (plural lagers, diminutive lagertje n)
- (archaic) bearing (a metal block or other construction holding a rotating axis in position)
- (archaic) beer of low fermentation (also Lagerbier ‘lager beer’; from identical German)
Etymology 2
Likely borrowed from German Lager (“camp, encampment”), with semantic influence from Afrikaans laer.
Noun
lager n (plural lagers)
- (historical) laager (wagon fort used by Boers, especially Voortrekkers)
Hypernyms
- wagenburg
- wagenfort
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the main entry.
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈlaː.ɡɐ]
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlaːɣɛr/
Noun
lager m (genitive singular lagers, nominative plural lagerar)
Declension
Antonyms
- (stock): vörubirgðir
- (store): vörugeymsla
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
Noun
lager n (definite singular lageret, indefinite plural lager or lagre, definite plural lagra or lagrene)
Etymology 2
Norwegian Nynorsk
Swedish
Pronunciation
audio (file)
Noun
lager n or c
- a store, a warehouse; a place where things are stored, for example before they are moved out to the sales area in a shop
- a supply, stock; the things in a store
- a layer; a single thickness of some material covering a surface
- a stratum; one of several parallel horizontal layers of material arranged one on top of another
- a bearing; a mechanical device that supports another part and/or reduces friction, especially between rotating parts.
- 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)
- där de härliga lagrarna gro
- a lager; a type of beer c
Declension
Declension of lager | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | lager | lagret | lager | lagren |
Genitive | lagers | lagrets | lagers | lagrens |
Declension of lager | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | lager | lagern | lagrar | lagrarna |
Genitive | lagers | lagerns | lagrars | lagrarnas |
Declension of lager 7 | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | lager | lagern | — | — |
Genitive | lagers | lagerns | — | — |
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