ger

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See also: Ger, GER, gér, gèr, gêr, Ger⁺⁶, and Ger.

Translingual

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ger

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2/B language code for German.

English

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Mongolian yurts

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Mongolian гэр (ger)/ᠭᠡᠷ (ger).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ger (plural gers)

  1. A yurt.
    • 2007, Michael Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road, Sceptre, published 2008, page 133:
      The new bek's great-grandfather had passed every night of his life under the sky, on the back of a pony or in the felt walls of a ger, and Buljan retained the ancestral contempt for cities and city dwellers.
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Hebrew גֵּר (ger).

Noun

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ger (plural gerim)

  1. (Judaism) A male convert to Judaism; a Jewish proselyte.
    Coordinate term: giyoret

Anagrams

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Albanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *gaura. Compare Lithuanian gauras (hair, down, tuft of hair), Latvian gauri (pubic hair) and Middle Irish gúaire (hair).[1]

Noun

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ger m

  1. squirrel (furry)
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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “ger”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 112

Breton

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Etymology

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From Proto-Brythonic *gėr, from Proto-Celtic *garyos (word, speech), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵh₂r-, zero grade of *ǵeh₂r-.

Cognate with Ancient Greek γῆρυς (gêrus, voice, speech), Khotanese [script needed] (ysār-, to sing), Latin garriō (chatter), Old English caru (sorrow).

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Noun

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ger m (plural gerioù)

  1. word
    • 1990, Thomas Arwyn Watkins, Martin John Ball, Celtic Linguistics / Ieithyddiaeth Geltaidd: Readings in the Brythonic Languages, page 202:
      Skrijal a rae Loeiz o tistagan ar ger [...] 'Louis screamed in pronouncing the word'.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Inflection

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Chinese

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Etymology 1

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Clipping of English manager.

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Noun

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ger

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) manager
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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ger

  1. (Cantonese) Alternative form of (penis)

Etymology 3

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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ger

  1. (Cantonese) Alternative form of (to target, to annoy someone verbally)

Cornish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Brythonic *gėr, from Proto-Celtic *garyos (word, speech), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵh₂r-, zero grade of *ǵeh₂r-.

Cognate with Ancient Greek γῆρυς (gêrus, voice, speech), Khotanese [script needed] (ysār-, to sing), Latin garriō (chatter), Old English ċearu (sorrow).

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Noun

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ger m (plural geryow)

  1. word
  2. saying
  3. report

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Mutation

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Faroese

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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ger

  1. third-person singular present of gera
  2. imperative singular of gera
Conjugation
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Conjugation of gera (group v-31)
infinitive gera
supine gjørt
participle (a7)1 gerandi gjørdur
present past
first singular geri gjørdi
second singular gert gjørdi
third singular ger gjørdi
plural gera gjørdu
imperative
singular ger!
plural gerið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Etymology 2

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From Old Norse [Term?].

Noun

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ger f (genitive singular gerar, uncountable)

  1. yeast
Declension
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Declension of ger (singular only)
f2s singular
indefinite definite
nominative ger gerin
accusative ger gerina
dative ger gerini
genitive gerar gerarinnar

Icelandic

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Danish gær, from Old Norse gerð, from Proto-Germanic *garwidō.

Noun

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ger n (genitive singular gers, no plural)

  1. yeast
Declension
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    Declension of ger
n-s singular
indefinite definite
nominative ger gerið
accusative ger gerið
dative geri gerinu
genitive gers gersins
Synonyms
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Etymology 2

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From Old Norse gør, from Proto-Germanic *garwiją or *gerwą.

Noun

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ger n (genitive singular gers, no plural)

  1. rotting things (as feed)
  2. flock, swarm (of carrion birds, flies, etc.)
Declension
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    Declension of ger
n-s singular
indefinite definite
nominative ger gerið
accusative ger gerið
dative geri gerinu
genitive gers gersins

Etymology 3

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From Old Norse gerr, gjǫrr, gǫrr, from Proto-Germanic *garwaz.

Adjective

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ger (not comparable)

  1. ready, fully prepared
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Etymology 4

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From Old Norse gerr, cognate with Old High German ger (greedy).

Adjective

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ger (comparative gerari, superlative gerastur)

  1. greedy, gluttonous
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Etymology 5

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From Old Norse gerr, gjǫrr, gørr, from Proto-Germanic *garwiz, comparative of the adverb corresponding to ger (3).

Adverb

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ger (comparative form; superlative gerst)

  1. better, more thoroughly

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Old English

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Noun

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ġēr n (nominative plural ġēr)

  1. Alternative form of ġēar

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Old High German

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-West Germanic *gaiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *gaizaz (spear).

Noun

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gēr m

  1. spear
    Synonym: azgēr
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Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Lombardic: ger
  • Middle High German: gēr

Etymology 2

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From Proto-West Germanic *ger, from Proto-Germanic *geraz.

Adjective

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ger

  1. greedy
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Old Saxon

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Etymology

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Variant of jār.

Noun

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ger n

  1. year

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Romanian

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ger

Etymology

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Inherited from Latin gelū, from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (cold).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [d͡ʒer]
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Noun

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ger n (plural geruri)

  1. frost (cold weather that causes frost to form)
  2. frigidness, frosty weather

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Swedish

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Verb

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ger

  1. present indicative of ge, contracted from the archaic giver

Welsh

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Etymology

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Probably a mutated form of cer (second-person singular imperative of mynd).

Alternatively, related to er (for, through).

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Preposition

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ger

  1. next to, near
    Synonyms: ar bwys, gerllaw, yn ymyl
  2. beside
    Synonym: wrth

Derived terms

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References

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  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ger”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies