ger

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

EnglishEdit

 
Mongolian yurts

Etymology 1Edit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

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.
TranslationsEdit
yurt — see yurt

Etymology 2Edit

Borrowed from Hebrew גֵּר‎ (ger).

NounEdit

ger (plural gerim)

  1. A male convert to Judaism.

AnagramsEdit

AlbanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Albanian *gaura. Compare Lithuanian gauras (“hair, down, tuft of hair”), Latvian gauri (“pubic hair”) and Middle Irish gúaire (“hair”).[1]

NounEdit

ger m

  1. squirrel (furry)
Related termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir (1998), “ger”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 112

BretonEdit

FWOTD – 17 October 2013

EtymologyEdit

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”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

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 termsEdit

InflectionEdit

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

CornishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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”).

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

ger m (plural geryow)

  1. word
  2. saying
  3. report

Derived termsEdit

MutationEdit

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

FaroeseEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

VerbEdit

ger

  1. third-person singular present of gera
he, she, it does, makes
  1. imperative singular of gera
do! make!
ConjugationEdit
Conjugation of gera (group v-31)
infinitive gera
supine gjørt
participle (a7)1 gerandi gjørdur
present past
first singular geri gjørdi
second singular gert gjørdi
third singular ger gjørdi
plural gera gjørdu
imperative
singular ger!
plural gerið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Norse [Term?].

NounEdit

ger f (genitive singular gerar, uncountable)

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

IcelandicEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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

NounEdit

ger n (genitive singular gers, no plural)

  1. yeast
DeclensionEdit
declension of ger
n-s singular
indefinite definite
nominative ger gerið
accusative ger gerið
dative geri gerinu
genitive gers gersins
SynonymsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Norse gør, from Proto-Germanic *garwiją or *gerwą.

NounEdit

ger n (genitive singular gers, no plural)

  1. rotting things (as feed)
  2. flock, swarm (of carrion birds, flies, etc.)
DeclensionEdit
declension of ger
n-s singular
indefinite definite
nominative ger gerið
accusative ger gerið
dative geri gerinu
genitive gers gersins

Etymology 3Edit

From Old Norse gerr, gjǫrr, gǫrr, from Proto-Germanic *garwaz.

AdjectiveEdit

ger (not comparable)

  1. ready, fully prepared
InflectionEdit
    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 4Edit

From Old Norse gerr, cognate with Old High German ger (“greedy”).

AdjectiveEdit

ger (comparative gerari, superlative gerastur)

  1. greedy, gluttonous
InflectionEdit
    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 5Edit

From Old Norse gerr, gjǫrr, gørr, from Proto-Germanic *garwiz, comparative of the adverb corresponding to ger (3).

AdverbEdit

ger (comparative form; superlative gerst)

  1. better, more thoroughly

ReferencesEdit

Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans.


Old EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

Variant of ġēar.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ġēr n (nominative plural ġēr)

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

Old High GermanEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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

NounEdit

gēr m

  1. spear
    Synonym: azgēr
InflectionEdit

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
  • Lombardic: ger
  • Middle High German: gēr

Etymology 2Edit

From Proto-West Germanic *ger, from Proto-Germanic *geraz.

AdjectiveEdit

ger

  1. greedy
Alternative formsEdit
InflectionEdit

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Old SaxonEdit

EtymologyEdit

Variant of jār.

NounEdit

ger n

  1. year

DeclensionEdit

Declension of gēr (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative gēr gēr
accusative gēr gēr
genitive gēres gērō
dative gēre gērun
instrumental — —


RomanianEdit

 
ger

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ger n (plural geruri)

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

DeclensionEdit

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 termsEdit

Related termsEdit

See alsoEdit

SwedishEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /jeːr/
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VerbEdit

ger

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

WelshEdit

EtymologyEdit

PronunciationEdit

PrepositionEdit

ger

  1. next to, near
    Synonym: ar bwys
  2. beside
    Synonym: wrth

Derived termsEdit

WestrobothnianEdit

AdjectiveEdit

ger

  1. Alternative spelling of gjer
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