lager

See also: Lager, läger, låger, and Läger

English

WOTD – 29 June 2009

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑːɡə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑɡɚ/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːɡə(ɹ)
• Homophone: laager; logger (with father-bother merger)

Etymology 1

A pint of lager.

From German Lagerbier (“beer made for storing”), from Lager (“store”). Cognate with native English lair.

Noun

lager (plural lagers)

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

Coordinate terms

• ale
• bitter
• lambic
• pilsner
• porter
• stout
• weissbier

Derived terms

• cooking lager
• lager-beer
• lager-conditioned
• lagered up
• lagering
• lagerita
• lager lout
• lagerphone
• lager top

 

Translations

type of beer

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拉格啤酒 (lāgé píjiǔ), 窖藏啤酒 (jiàocáng píjiǔ)

• Czech: ležák (cs) m
• Finnish: lager (fi), pohjahiivaolut (fi)
• German: Lager (de) n
• Macedonian: ла́гер m (láger)
• Portuguese: lager f
• Russian: ла́гер (ru) m (láger)
• Scottish Gaelic: làgar m
• Swedish: lageröl c or 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

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaːˀɣər/, [ˈlæˀjɐ], [ˈlæˀɐ]
• Rhymes: -aːˀər

Etymology 1

From German Lager, cognate with Danish lejr.

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

Abbreviation of lagerøl.

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

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaː.ɣər/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: la‧ger
• Rhymes: -aːɣər

Etymology 1

From German Lager; doublet of leger

Noun

lager m or n (plural lagers, diminutive lagertje n)

1. 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”).

Noun

lager n (plural lagers, diminutive lagertje n)

1. (archaic) beer of low fermentation

Etymology 3

Likely borrowed from German Lager (“storehourse”), with semantic influence from Afrikaans laer.

Noun

lager n (plural lagers)

1. (historical) laager (wagon fort used by Boers, especially Voortrekkers)

Hypernyms

• wagenburg
• wagenfort

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

lager

1. comparative degree of laag

Descendants

• Berbice Creole Dutch: lagri

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlaː.ɡɐ]

• Audio:

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Verb

lager

1. first-person singular present of lagern (colloquial)
2. singular imperative of lagern (colloquial)

Icelandic

Etymology

From German Lager.

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

• (antonym(s) of “stock”): vörubirgðir
• (antonym(s) of “store”): vörugeymsla

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

• lagerføre
• lagerrom
• varelager

Etymology 2

Verb

lager

1. present tense of lage

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɑːɡər/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ər
• Hyphenation: lag‧er

Noun

lager m

1. indefinite plural of lag

References

• “lager” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Anagrams

• alger, galer, lagre, large, regal, regla

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

• lagerføre
• lagerrom
• varelager

References

• “lager” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑːɡɛr/

• Audio:

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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)

2. a store, a warehouse (a place where things are stored, for example before they are moved out to the sales area in a shop)
3. a supply, stock (the things in a store)

   Synonym: förråd n

4. a layer (a single thickness of some material covering a surface)
5. a stratum (one of several parallel horizontal layers of material arranged one on top of another)

   Synonym: skikt n

6. (mechanical engineering) a bearing (a mechanical device that supports another part and/or reduces friction, especially between rotating parts)

Declension

Declension of lager
	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)

1. laurel
2. (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
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	lager	lagern	lagrar	lagrarna
Genitive	lagers	lagerns	lagrars	lagrarnas

Derived terms

• lagerbär
• lagerkrans

Etymology 3

Clipping of lageröl, from lager (“store”) +‎ öl (“beer”).

Noun

lager c (countable or uncountable)

1. lager (a type of beer)

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)

Anagrams

• Alger, alger, regla

Uzbek

Noun

lager (plural lagerlar)

1. camp