Lager

German (Berlin)

/ˈlaːɡɐ/

noun
Definitions
  • a place where one sleeps, such as a bed or a spot in a barn, etc.
  • a lair of an animal (but not usually underground, for which Bau (Bau))
  • a camp accomodation of tents or quickly built houses
  • (obsolete) an army, especially but not exclusively when encamped
  • (figurative) a camp, party group of people sharing some interest or opinion
  • a stock; storage; depot; repository building or room used for keeping goods
  • (geology) a measure (of some resource)
  • (mechanics) a bearing
  • lager beer of low fermentation

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German leger inherited from Old High German legar inherited from Proto-Germanic *legrą.

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*legrą

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