lager

See also: Lager, läger, låger, Läger, and lâğər

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)
• Homophones: laager; logger (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.
   • 2019 January 26, Kitty Empire [pseudonym], “The Streets review – the agony and ecstasy of a great everyman”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎^[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 8 April 2019:

     The 40-year-old [Mike Skinner] is happy to put his body on the line in other ways, swapping a mug of tea for a fan's double pint of lager and messily necking it in one.

Coordinate terms

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

Derived terms

• cooking lager
• lager-beer
• lager-conditioned
• lagering
• lagerita
• lagerlike
• lager lout
• lagerphone
• lager top
• lagery
• superlagerlagered up

Descendants

• → Irish: lágar
• → Scottish Gaelic: làgar
• → Welsh: lager

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
• Irish: lágar m
• Korean: 하면발효맥주(下面醱酵麥酒) (hamyeonbalhyomaekju)
• Macedonian: ла́гер m (láger)
• Polish: lager (pl) m
• Portuguese: lager f
• Russian: ла́гер (ru) m (láger)
• Scottish Gaelic: làgar m
• Swedish: lageröl c or n, lager (sv) c
• Welsh: lager m

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

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian лагерь (lagerʹ).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: la‧ger

Noun

lager

1. camp

   toplama lageri ― concentration camp

Declension

Declension of lager

	singular	plural
nominative	lager	lagerler
genitive	lagerniñ	lagerlerniñ
dative	lagerge	lagerlerge
accusative	lagerni	lagerlerni
locative	lagerde	lagerlerde
ablative	lagerden	lagerlerden

References

• “lager”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

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

• axiaallager
• druklager
• kegellager
• kogellager

Descendants

• → Indonesian: laher

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, no diminutive)

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 (Germany (Berlin)):

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Verb

lager

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

Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed 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 (masculine)

	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

Italian

Etymology

From German Lager.

Noun

lager m

1. concentration camp
2. lager (beer of low fermentation)

Further reading

• lager in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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.

Polish

lager

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.ɡɛr/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aɡɛr
• Syllabification: la‧ger

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-der.

Proto-Germanic *legraznom.

Proto-Germanic *legrą

Proto-West Germanic *legr

Old High German lëgar

Middle High German lëger

German Lager

German Bier

German Lagerbierbor.

Polish lager

Borrowed from German Lagerbier.

Noun

lager m animal or m inan

1. lager (type of beer, brewed using a bottom-fermenting yeast)

   Synonym: leżak

   Hypernym: piwo

Declension

Declension of lager

	singular	plural
nominative	lager	lagery
genitive	lagera	lagerów
dative	lagerowi	lagerom
accusative	lagera/lager	lagery
instrumental	lagerem	lagerami
locative	lagerze	lagerach
vocative	lagerze	lagery

Derived terms

verbs

• lagrować impf

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-der.

Proto-Germanic *legraznom.

Proto-Germanic *legrą

Proto-West Germanic *legr

Old High German lëgar

Middle High German lëger

German Lagerbor.

Polish lager

Borrowed from German Lager. Doublet of lagier and łagier.

Noun

lager m inan (related adjective lagrowy)

1. (historical) alternative form of lagier

Declension

Declension of lager

	singular	plural
nominative	lager	lagry
genitive	lagru	lagrów
dative	lagrowi	lagrom
accusative	lager	lagry
instrumental	lagrem	lagrami
locative	lagrze	lagrach
vocative	lagrze	lagry

Derived terms

nouns

• lagrowiec

Further reading

• “lager”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “lager”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)
• lager in PWN's encyclopedia

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑːɡɛr/

• Audio; “ett lager”:

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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

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	lager	lagers
	definite	lagret	lagrets
plural	indefinite	lager	lagers
	definite	lagren	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

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	lager	lagers
	definite	lagern	lagerns
plural	indefinite	lagrar	lagrars
	definite	lagrarna	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

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	lager	lagers
	definite	lagern	lagerns
plural	indefinite	lager	lagers
	definite	lagerna	lagernas

Further reading

• “lager”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• lager in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• Alger, alger, regla

Uzbek

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ла́герь (lágerʹ), from German Lager.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laˈɡer/
• Hyphenation: la‧ger

Noun

lager (plural lagerlar)

1. camp

Declension

Declension of lager

	singular	plural
nominative	lager	lagerlar
genitive	lagerning	lagerlarning
dative	lagerga	lagerlarga
definite accusative	lagerni	lagerlarni
locative	lagerda	lagerlarda
ablative	lagerdan	lagerlardan
similative	lagerdek	lagerlardek

Possessive forms of lager

1st person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	lagerim	lagerlarim
genitive	lagerimning	lagerlarimning
dative	lagerimga	lagerlarimga
definite accusative	lagerimni	lagerlarimni
locative	lagerimda	lagerlarimda
ablative	lagerimdan	lagerlarimdan
similative	lagerimdek	lagerlarimdek
2nd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	lagering	lagerlaring
genitive	lageringning	lagerlaringning
dative	lageringga	lagerlaringga
definite accusative	lageringni	lagerlaringni
locative	lageringda	lagerlaringda
ablative	lageringdan	lagerlaringdan
similative	lageringdek	lagerlaringdek
3rd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	lageri	lagerlari
genitive	lagerining	lagerlarining
dative	lageriga	lagerlariga
definite accusative	lagerini	lagerlarini
locative	lagerida	lagerlarida
ablative	lageridan	lagerlaridan
similative	lageridek	lagerlaridek
1st person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	lagerimiz	lagerlarimiz
genitive	lagerimizning	lagerlarimizning
dative	lagerimizga	lagerlarimizga
definite accusative	lagerimizni	lagerlarimizni
locative	lagerimizda	lagerlarimizda
ablative	lagerimizdan	lagerlarimizdan
similative	lagerimizdek	lagerlarimizdek
2nd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	lageringiz	lagerlaringiz
genitive	lageringizning	lagerlaringizning
dative	lageringizga	lagerlaringizga
definite accusative	lageringizni	lagerlaringizni
locative	lageringizda	lagerlaringizda
ablative	lageringizdan	lagerlaringizdan
similative	lageringizdek	lagerlaringizdek
3rd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	lageri	lagerlari
genitive	lagerining	lagerlarining
dative	lageriga	lagerlariga
definite accusative	lagerini	lagerlarini
locative	lagerida	lagerlarida
ablative	lageridan	lagerlaridan
similative	lageridek	lagerlaridek