English

Noun

Ger ‎(plural Gers)

1. (soccer) A person associated with Rangers F.C., as a player, fan, coach etc.

English

Mongolian yurts

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

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Hebrew גֵּר ‎(ger).

Noun

ger ‎(plural gerim)

1. A male convert to Judaism.

Anagrams

• EGR
• erg
• reg, Reg

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

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *gėr, from Proto-Celtic *garyo- ‎(“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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡeːʁ/

Noun

ger m

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")

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *gėr, from Proto-Celtic *garyo- ‎(“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

Faroese

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Verb

ger

1. 3rd person singular present of gera

he, she, it does, makes

1. imperative singular of gera

do! make!

Conjugation

Etymology 2

From Old Norse [Term?].

Noun

ger f (genitive singular gerar, uncountable)

1. yeast

Declension

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /cɛːr/
• Rhymes: -ɛːr

Etymology 1

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

Noun

ger n ‎(genitive singular gers, no plural)

1. yeast

Declension

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

Etymology 3

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

Adjective

ger ‎(not comparable)

1. ready, fully prepared

Inflection

Etymology 4

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

Adjective

ger ‎(comparative gerari, superlative gerastur)

1. greedy, gluttonous

Inflection

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.

Lojban

Rafsi

ger

1. rafsi of gerku.

Old English

Etymology

Variant of ġēar.

Noun

ġēr n ‎(nominative plural ġēr)

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

Alternative forms

• ġēar

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gaizaz ‎(“spear”).

Noun

gēr m

1. spear

Descendants

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

Old Saxon

Etymology

Variant of jār.

Noun

ger n

1. year

Declension

Romanian

ger

Etymology

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

Noun

ger n ‎(plural geruri)

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

Derived terms

• gerar

See also

• frig
• brumă

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeːr/

Verb

ger

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

Welsh

Preposition

ger

1. next to.

Synonyms

• ar bwys