gern
German (Berlin)
/ɡɛrn/
adv
Definitions
- willingly; gladly; with pleasure;
- (only with m) much; a lot
- (chiefly) easily; often
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German gerne inherited from Old High German gerno inherited from *gernō inherited from Proto-Germanic *gernô (willingly, gladly, eagerly).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*gernô
Gloss
willingly, gladly, eagerly
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- yern English
- gernhaben German
- haben German
- ungern German
- begeren Dutch, Flemish
- dolgaarne Dutch, Flemish
- gaarne Dutch, Flemish
- geren Dutch, Flemish
- wijsgeer Dutch, Flemish
- *ǵʰer- Proto-Indo-European
- *gernô Proto-Germanic
- gärna Swedish
- yern Middle English
- gjarna Old Norse
- gjarna, gerna Old Norse
- gerne Danish
- ugerne Danish
- geren Middle Dutch
- gerne Middle Dutch
- gern Old High German
- gerno Old High German
- gratag Old High German
- gīr Old High German
- gerne Middle High German
- gär Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *gernō gmw-pro
- *gerno Old Dutch
- gearn Cimbrian
- gerno Old Saxon
- Giir Alemannic German