lager

See also: Lager, läger, låger, and Läger

English

WOTD – 29 June 2009

Etymology 1

A pint of lager.

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

lager (plural lagers)

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

Coordinate terms

• ale
• lambic
• pilsner

• porter
• stout
• weissbier

Derived terms

Derived terms

• lagered up
• lagering

• lager lout
• lagerphone

Translations

type of beer

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

• Portuguese: lager f
• Russian: ла́гер (ru) m (láger)
• Scottish Gaelic: làgar m
• Swedish: lageröl c, n, lager (sv) c

Verb

lager (third-person singular simple present lagers, present participle lagering, simple past and past participle lagered)

1. To store (lager beer) at a low temperature for maturing and clarification.

See also

• ale

Etymology 2

Noun

lager (plural lagers)

1. Alternative spelling of laager

Verb

lager (third-person singular simple present lagers, present participle lagering, simple past and past participle lagered)

1. Alternative spelling of laager

Anagrams

• Agler, Alger, Elgar, Large, Ragle, ergal, glare, large, regal

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Danish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aːˀər

Etymology 1

From German Lager

Noun

lager n (singular definite lageret, plural indefinite lagre)

1. store, warehouse

Inflection

Declension of lager

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lager	lageret	lagre	lagrene
genitive	lagres	lagerets	lagres	lagrenes

Etymology 2

Noun

lager c (singular definite lageren, plural indefinite lagere)

1. (rare) lager (type of beer)

Inflection

Declension of lager

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lager	lageren	lagere	lagerne
genitive	lagers	lagerens	lageres	lagernes

Synonyms

• lagerøl

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Adjective

lager

1. Comparative form of laag; lower

Etymology 2

Noun

lager n (plural lagers, diminutive lagertje 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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlaː.ɡɐ]

Verb

lager

1. First-person singular present of lagern. (colloquial)
2. Imperative singular of lagern. (colloquial)

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaːɣɛr/

Noun

lager m (genitive singular lagers, nominative 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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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From German Lager

Noun

lager n (definite singular lageret, indefinite plural lager or lagre, definite plural lagra or lagrene)

1. a warehouse
2. a bearing (mechanical part)

Derived terms

• varelager

Etymology 2

Verb

lager

1. present tense of lage

References

• “lager” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German Lager

Noun

lager n (definite singular lageret, indefinite plural lager, definite plural lagera)

1. a warehouse
2. a bearing (mechanical part)

Derived terms

• varelager

References

• “lager” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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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
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	lager	lagret	lager	lagren
Genitive	lagers	lagrets	lagers	lagrens

Declension of lager
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	lager	lagern	lagrar	lagrarna
Genitive	lagers	lagerns	lagrars	lagrarnas

Declension of lager
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	lager	lagern	—	—
Genitive	lagers	lagerns	—	—

Synonyms

• (supply): förråd
• (stratum): skikt

Derived terms

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