ger

See also: Ger, GER, gér, gèr, Ger⁺⁶, and Ger.

English

Mongolian yurts

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Mongolian гэр (ger)/ᠭᠡᠷ (ger).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɛə(ɹ)/

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.

Translations

yurt — see yurt

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hebrew גֵּר‎ (ger).

Noun

ger (plural gerim)

1. A male convert to Judaism.

Anagrams

• EGR, ERG, GRE, Reg, erg, gre, reg

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Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *gaura. Compare Lithuanian gauras (“hair, down, tuft of hair”), Latvian gauri (“pubic hair”) and Middle Irish gúaire (“hair”).

Noun

ger m

1. squirrel (furry)

Related terms

• ketër

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Breton

FWOTD – 17 October 2013

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *gėr, from Proto-Celtic *garyos (“word, speech”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵh₂r-, zero grade of *ǵeh₂r-.

Cognate with Ancient Greek γῆρυς (gêrus, “voice, speech”), Khotanese [script needed] (ysār-, “to sing”), Latin garriō (“chatter”), Old English caru (“sorrow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡeːʁ/

Noun

ger m (plural gerioù)

1. word
   • 1990, Thomas Arwyn Watkins, Martin John Ball, Celtic Linguistics / Ieithyddiaeth Geltaidd: Readings in the Brythonic Languages. p. 202.

     Skrijal a rae Loeiz o tistagan ar ger [...] 'Louis screamed in pronouncing the word'.

Derived terms

• geriadur ("dictionary")

Inflection

  Mutation of ger  

Breton consonant mutation
	unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
singular	ger	c'her	unchanged	ker
plural	gerioù	c'herioù	unchanged	kerioù

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Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *gėr, from Proto-Celtic *garyos (“word, speech”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵh₂r-, zero grade of *ǵeh₂r-.

Cognate with Ancient Greek γῆρυς (gêrus, “voice, speech”), Khotanese [script needed] (ysār-, “to sing”), Latin garriō (“chatter”), Old English ċearu (“sorrow”).

Pronunciation

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [ɡɛːr]
• (Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key): [ɡeːr]

Noun

ger m (plural geryow)

1. word
2. saying
3. report

Derived terms

• gerlyver

Mutation

  Mutation of ger  

Cornish consonant mutation
unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
ger	er	unchanged	ker	her	her

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Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃeːɹ]
• Homophone: gerð

Etymology 1

Verb

ger

1. third-person singular present of gera

he, she, it does, makes

1. imperative singular of gera

do! make!

Conjugation

   Conjugation of gera

v-31
infinitive	gera
present participle	gerandi
past participle a7	gjørdur
supine	gjørt
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!

Etymology 2

From Old Norse [Term?].

Noun

ger f (genitive singular gerar, uncountable)

1. yeast

Declension

Declension of ger (singular only)
f2s	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	ger	gerin
accusative	ger	gerina
dative	ger	gerini
genitive	gerar	gerarinnar

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /cɛːr/
• Rhymes: -ɛːr

Etymology 1

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

Noun

ger n (genitive singular gers, no plural)

1. yeast

Declension

declension of ger

n-s	singular
	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 *garwiją or *gerwą.

Noun

ger n (genitive singular gers, no plural)

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

Declension

declension of ger

n-s	singular
	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 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

Alternative forms

• ġēar

Etymology

Variant of ġēar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeːr/

Noun

ġēr n (nominative plural ġēr)

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

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Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gaiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *gaizaz (“spear”).

Noun

gēr m

1. spear

Descendants

• Middle High German: gēr
  • German: Ger
• → Italian: gherone

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Old Saxon

Etymology

Variant of jār.

Noun

ger n

1. year

Declension

Declension of gēr (neuter a-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	gēr	gēr
accusative	gēr	gēr
genitive	gēres	gērō
dative	gēre	gērun
instrumental	—	—

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Romanian

ger

Etymology

From Latin gelū, from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʒer]

Noun

ger n (plural geruri)

1. frost (cold weather that causes frost to form)
2. frigidness, frosty weather

Declension

Declension of ger

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) ger	gerul	(niște) geruri	gerurile
genitive/dative	(unui) ger	gerului	(unor) geruri	gerurilor
vocative	gerule		gerurilor

Derived terms

• gerar

Related terms

• degera

See also

• frig
• brumă

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeːr/

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Verb

ger

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

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Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh gor (“over, next to”), from Old Welsh guor, from Proto-Brythonic *wor, from Proto-Celtic *uɸor (“over, next to”), from Proto-Indo-European *upér. Cognate with Irish for.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛr/

Preposition

ger

1. next to

   Synonym: ar bwys

Derived terms

• gerbron (“before, in the presence of”)
• gerllaw (“nearby”)

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Westrobothnian

Adjective

ger

1. Alternative spelling of gjer