lager
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈlɑːɡə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈlɑɡɚ/
Audio (AU) (file) Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːɡə(ɹ)
- Homophone: laager; logger (with father-bother merger)
Etymology 1
From German Lagerbier (“beer made for storing”), from Lager (“store”). Cognate with native English lair.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
lager (third-person singular simple present lagers, present participle lagering, simple past and past participle lagered)
- To store (lager beer) at a low temperature for maturing and clarification.
See also
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlaːˀɣər/, [ˈlæˀjɐ], [ˈlæˀɐ]
- Rhymes: -aːˀər
Inflection
Etymology 2
Abbreviation of lagerøl.
Inflection
Synonyms
- lagerøl
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlaː.ɣər/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: la‧ger
- Rhymes: -aːɣər
Noun
lager m or n (plural lagers, diminutive lagertje n)
- bearing (a metal block or other construction holding a rotating axis in position)
Derived terms
- kegellager
- kogellager
Etymology 2
From German Lager, shortening of Lagerbier (“lager beer”), a compound of Lager (“storehouse”) + Bier (“beer”).
Etymology 3
Likely borrowed from German Lager (“storehourse”), with semantic influence from Afrikaans laer.
Noun
lager n (plural lagers)
- (historical) laager (wagon fort used by Boers, especially Voortrekkers)
Hypernyms
- wagenburg
- wagenfort
Etymology 4
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Descendants
- Berbice Creole Dutch: lagri
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈlaː.ɡɐ]
Audio (file)
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlaːɣɛr/
Noun
lager m (genitive singular lagers, nominative plural lagerar)
Declension
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “stock”): vörubirgðir
- (antonym(s) of “store”): vörugeymsla
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
lager n (definite singular lageret, indefinite plural lager or lagre, definite plural lagra or lagrene)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɑːɡər/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ər
- Hyphenation: lag‧er
References
- “lager” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
References
- “lager” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɑːɡɛr/
audio (ett lager) (file)
Etymology 1
German Lager, from Middle High German leger, from Old High German legar, from Proto-West Germanic *legr. Doublet of läger (“place to sleep”).
Noun
lager n (countable)
- a store, a warehouse (a place where things are stored, for example before they are moved out to the sales area in a shop)
- a supply, stock (the things in a store)
- Synonym: förråd n
- a layer (a single thickness of some material covering a surface)
- a stratum (one of several parallel horizontal layers of material arranged one on top of another)
- Synonym: skikt n
- (mechanical engineering) a bearing (a mechanical device that supports another part and/or reduces friction, especially between rotating parts)
Declension
Declension of lager | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | lager | lagret | lager | lagren |
Genitive | lagers | lagrets | lagers | lagrens |
Derived terms
- folklager
- glidlager
- höglager
- kullager
- lagerbock
- lagerbyggnad
- lagerföra
- lagergång
- lagerhus
- lagerlista
- lagerrensning
- lageröl
- lagra
- rullager
Etymology 2
From Old Swedish laver, laur, laghur, lagher, laghir, from Middle Dutch lauwer, ultimately from Latin laurus.
Noun
lager c (countable or uncountable)
- laurel
- (figuratively, usually in the plural) a crown of laurel, an academic merit
- 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)
Declension
Declension of lager | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | lager | lagern | lagrar | lagrarna |
Genitive | lagers | lagerns | lagrars | lagrarnas |
Derived terms
- lagerbär
- lagerkrans
Declension
Declension of lager | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | lager | lagern | lager | lagerna |
Genitive | lagers | lagerns | lagers | lagernas |
Further reading
- lager in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- lager in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)