ger

See also gèr

English

Mongolian yurts

Etymology

From Mongolian гэр.

Pronunciation

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Noun

ger (plural gers)

1. A yurt.
   • 2007, Michael Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road, Sceptre 2008, p. 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.

Anagrams

• EGR
• erg
• reg, Reg

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Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *gar-jo- (“word, speech”) (compare Welsh gair).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɡeːʁ/

Noun

ger m. (plural gerioù)

1. word

Derived terms

• geriadur ("dictionary")

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Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *gar-jo- (“word, speech”) (compare Welsh gair).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ɡeːɹ]

Noun

ger m. (plural geryow)

1. word
2. saying
3. report

Derived terms

• gerlyver

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Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈdʒeːr]
• Homophone: gerð

Verb

ger

Conjugation

gera, v-31
number	singular			plural
person	first	second	third	all
Indicative	eg	tú	hann / hon tað	vit, tit, teir / tær / tey tygum
Present	geri	gert	ger	gera
Past	gjørdi	gjørdi	gjørdi	gjørdu
Imperative		tú		tit
Present	—	ger !	—	gerið !
Infinitive	gera
Pres. part.	gerandi
Past part. a7	gjørdur
Supine	gjørt

• 3rd person singular present of gera

• he, she, it does, makes
• imperative singular of gera
• do! make!

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA: /cɛːr/

  Rhymes: -ɛːr

Etymology 1

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

Noun

ger n. (genitive singular gers, uncountable)

1. yeast

Declension

declension of ger

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ger	gerið	-	-
accusative	ger	gerið	-	-
dative	geri	gerinu	-	-
genitive	gers	gersins	-	-

Synonyms

• (yeast): jöstur

Etymology 2

From Old Norse gør, from Proto-Germanic *garwijan or *gerwan.

Noun

ger n. (genitive singular gers)

1. rotting things (as feed)
2. flock, swarm (of carrion birds, flies, etc.)

Declension

declension of ger

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ger	gerið	-	-
accusative	ger	gerið	-	-
dative	geri	gerinu	-	-
genitive	gers	gersins	-	-

Etymology 3

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

Adjective

ger (not comparable)

1. ready, fully prepared

Inflection

    positive (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ger	ger	gert
accusative	geran	gera	gert
dative	gerum	gerri	geru
genitive	gers	gerrar	gers
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	gerir	gerar	ger
accusative	gera	gerar	ger
dative	gerum	gerum	gerum
genitive	gerra	gerra	gerra

    positive (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	geri	gera	gera
accusative	gera	geru	gera
dative	gera	geru	gera
genitive	gera	geru	gera
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	geru	geru	geru
accusative	geru	geru	geru
dative	geru	geru	geru
genitive	geru	geru	geru

Etymology 4

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

Adjective

ger (comparative gerari, superlative gerastur)

1. greedy, gluttonous

Inflection

    positive (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ger	ger	gert
accusative	geran	gera	gert
dative	gerum	gerri	geru
genitive	gers	gerrar	gers
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	gerir	gerar	ger
accusative	gera	gerar	ger
dative	gerum	gerum	gerum
genitive	gerra	gerra	gerra

    positive (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	geri	gera	gera
accusative	gera	geru	gera
dative	gera	geru	gera
genitive	gera	geru	gera
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	geru	geru	geru
accusative	geru	geru	geru
dative	geru	geru	geru
genitive	geru	geru	geru

    comparative

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	gerari	gerari	gerara
accusative	gerari	gerari	gerara
dative	gerari	gerari	gerara
genitive	gerari	gerari	gerara
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	gerari	gerari	gerari
accusative	gerari	gerari	gerari
dative	gerari	gerari	gerari
genitive	gerari	gerari	gerari

    superlative (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	gerastur	gerust	gerast
accusative	gerastan	gerasta	gerast
dative	gerustum	gerastri	gerustu
genitive	gerasts	gerastrar	gerasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	gerastir	gerastar	gerust
accusative	gerasta	gerastar	gerust
dative	gerustum	gerustum	gerustum
genitive	gerastra	gerastra	gerastra

    superlative (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	gerasti	gerasta	gerasta
accusative	gerasta	gerustu	gerasta
dative	gerasta	gerustu	gerasta
genitive	gerasta	gerustu	gerasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	gerustu	gerustu	gerustu
accusative	gerustu	gerustu	gerustu
dative	gerustu	gerustu	gerustu
genitive	gerustu	gerustu	gerustu

Etymology 5

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

Adverb

ger (comparative form; superlative gerst)

1. better, more thoroughly

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon. Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans.

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Old English

Etymology

Variant of ġēar.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /jeːr/

Noun

ġēr n. (nominative plural ġēr)

1. year
2. the runic character ᛄ (/j/)

Alternative forms

• ġēar

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Romanian

ger

Etymology

From Latin gelū.

Noun

ger n.

1. frost (cover of minute ice crystals)
2. frigidness, frosty weather

Derived terms

• gerar

See also

• frig

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /jeːr/

Verb

ger

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

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Welsh

Preposition

ger

1. next to.

Synonyms

• ar bwys