bajer

See also: bajêr

Danish

Etymology

From bajrer (“Bavarian”) or a contraction of bajersk (“Bavarian”) øl, from Medieval Latin Bajuvarius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bajər/, [ˈb̥ɑjˀɐ]
• Rhymes: -ajˀər

Noun

bajer c (singular definite bajeren, plural indefinite bajere)

1. (countable, colloquial) beer

Declension

Declension of bajer

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bajer	bajeren	bajere	bajerne
genitive	bajers	bajerens	bajeres	bajernes

Descendants

• Greenlandic: baaja

References

• “bajer” in Den Danske Ordbog

Polish

Etymology

Back-formation from bajerować.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.jɛr/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ajɛr
• Syllabification: ba‧jer

Noun

bajer m inan

1. (colloquial) baloney, white lie, pitch (a small lie intended to impress or convince someone to do something for someone)

   Łykała wszystkie jego bajery bez mrugnięcia okiem. ― She fell for every one of his flashy gimmicks without batting an eye.

2. (colloquial) luxury accessory
3. (colloquial) stunner (something awesome or astonishing)
4. (colloquial) eye-catcher (something added to make an object more attractive)

   Synonyms: szmery bajery, wodotrysk

5. (colloquial) hassle, SNAFU (a problem or difficult situation)

   Synonyms: problem, zagwozdka

Declension

Declension of bajer

	singular	plural
nominative	bajer	bajery
genitive	bajeru	bajerów
dative	bajerowi	bajerom
accusative	bajer	bajery
instrumental	bajerem	bajerami
locative	bajerze	bajerach
vocative	bajerze	bajery

Derived terms

adjectives

• bajerancki
• bajerny

adverbs

• bajerancko
• dla bajeru

nouns

• bajeranctwo
• bajerant
• bajerantka
• szmery bajery

verbs

• bajerować
• brać na bajer
• wziąć na bajer
• zabajerować
• zbajerować

Adjective

bajer (comparative bardziej bajer, superlative najbardziej bajer, indeclinable, derived adverb bajer)

1. (colloquial) awesome, ripper (good)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dobry

   Antonyms: see Thesaurus:zły

Adverb

bajer (comparative bardziej bajer, superlative najbardziej bajer)

1. (colloquial) awesomely, ripper (in a good way)

Further reading

• “bajer”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “bajer”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Weiher.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bâjer/
• Hyphenation: ba‧jer

Noun

bȁjer m inan (Cyrillic spelling ба̏јер)

1. (regional) lake, pond

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Turkish bayır.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bǎjer/
• Hyphenation: ba‧jer

Noun

bàjer m inan (Cyrillic spelling ба̀јер)

1. pasture, pastureland