lager

See also Lager, and läger

English

WOTD – 29 June 2009    

Wikipedia

A pint of lager.

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈlɑːɡə/
• (US) IPA: /ˈlɑːɡɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːɡə(r)

Noun

lager (plural lagers)

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

Derived terms

• lagered up
• lagering
• lagerphone
• lager lout

Coordinate terms

• ale
• lambic
• pilsner

• porter
• stout
• weissbier

Translations

type of beer

• Czech: ležák (cs) m
• Finnish: lager (fi)
• German: Lager (de) n
• Macedonian: лагер (mk) (láger) m

• Russian: лагер (ru) (láger) m
• Scottish Gaelic: làgar (gd) m
• Swedish: lageröl (sv)

See also

• ale

Etymology 2

Noun

lager (plural lagers)

1. Alternative spelling of laager.

Anagrams

• Alger
• Elgar
• glare
• large
• regal

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Danish

Noun 1

lager n (singular definite lageret, plural indefinite lagre)

1. store

Inflection

    Inflection of lager

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	lager	lageret	lagre	lagrene
genitive	lagres	lagerets	lagres	lagrenes

Noun 2

lager c (singular definite lageren, plural indefinite lagere)

1. (rare) lager (type of beer)

Synonyms

• lagerøl

Inflection

    Inflection of lager

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	lager	lageren	lagere	lagerene
genitive	lagers	lagerens	lageres	lagerenes

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Dutch

Adjective

lager

1. comparative form of laag; lower

Noun

lager 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)

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German

Verb

lager

1. First-person singular present of lagern.
2. Imperative singular of lagern.

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Icelandic

Noun

lager m (genitive singular lagers, plural lagerar)

1. stock, inventory
2. store, stock room

Declension

declension of lager

m-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lager	lagerinn	lagerar	lagerarnir
accusative	lager	lagerinn	lagera	lagerana
dative	lager	lagernum	lagerum	lagerunum
genitive	lagers	lagersins	lagera	lageranna

Antonyms

• (stock) vörubirgðir
• (store) vörugeymsla

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Swedish

Pronunciation

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Noun

lager n, 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

Declension

Declension of lager 1-5

	singular		plural
Neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lager	lagret	lager	lagren
genitive	lagers	lagrets	lagers	lagrens

Declension of lager 6

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lager	lagern	lagrar	lagrarna
genitive	lagers	lagerns	lagrars	lagrarnas

Declension of lager 7

	uncountable		uncountable
Common	indefinite	definite
nominative	lager	lagern
genitive	lagers	lagerns

Derived terms

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

Synonyms

• (supply): förråd
• (stratum): skikt