# leger
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlɛd͡ʒə(ɹ)/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛdʒə(ɹ)

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from French léger, assumed to be from Latin leviarius, from levis (“light in weight”). See levity.

#### Adjective

leger (comparative more leger, superlative most leger)
* (obsolete) Light; slender, slim; trivial.

### Etymology 2

A variant of ledger.

#### Adjective

leger (comparative more leger, superlative most leger)
* Lying or remaining in a place; hence, resident.
    a leger ambassador

#### Noun

leger (plural legers)
* An ambassador or minister resident at a court or seat of government; a leiger or lieger.
** 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI):Sir Edward Carne, the queen's leger at Rome
* (obsolete) Anything that lies in a place; that which, or one who, remains in a place.
* (obsolete) Alternative form of ledger (“book for keeping notes, especially one for keeping accounting records”)
** 1822, Nicolas Pike, Chester Dewey, “Book Keeping”, in A New and Complete System of Arithmetick. Composed for the Use of Citizens of the United States, 4th edition, Troy, N.Y.: Printed and published by W[illia]m S. Parker, […], →OCLC, page 490:The Leger exhibits at one view the accounts with an individual, as it contains on the Dr. [debt] side whatever he has received, and on the Cr. [credit] side whatever he has paid. […] Let each account be posted from the Day Book in its proper place in the Leger. If a mistake be made, let it be corrected by an account in the Day Book, clearly stating the correction, and then let this account be posted in its proper place in the Leger, that no blot or erasure may disfigure its pages.
** 1837 December 20, Thomas P. Cope, Speech of Thomas P. Cope of Philadelphia, on Banks and Currency. […], [Philadelphia, Pa.]: Printed at No. 46 Carpenter Street, published 1838, →OCLC, page 9:[T]his city of "merchants, whose counting-houses are their churches, whose money is their God, and whose legers, (defaced legers, of course, the delegate from Indiana will understand me,) whose legers are their bibles."
** 1843, George Leonard, Jr., “Book-keeping. [Book-keeping by Single Entry. Lesson 229.]”, in A Practical Treatise on Arithmetic, […], 12th stereotyped edition, Boston, Mass.: Otis, Broaders, and Company; […], →OCLC, page 311:The original charges, however, are made in what is called a day book, where they are written one after another, in the order in which the transactions occur. During the hours of leisure, these charges are copied into another book, […] the account of each man being placed under his name. This book is called the leger. The act of copying from the day book into the leger is called posting.

#### Verb

leger (third-person singular simple present legers, present participle legering, simple past and past participle legered)
* (ambitransitive, British, fishing) Alternative form of ledger (“to use (a certain type of bait) in bottom fishing; to engage in bottom fishing”)
** 1864, “Otter” [pseudonym; H. Jervis Alfred], “Eel, Lamprey and Lampern”, in The Modern Angler, Containing Instructions in the Art of Fly-fishing, Spining and Bottom-fishing, […], London: Alfred & Son, […], →OCLC, part I, page 68:Night-lines are made of water-cord, with the hooks about half-a-yard apart, baited with worms, loach, gudgeons, &c.; a brick is fastened to each end of the line to sink it, or a peg at one end and a brick at the other, and laid obliquely across the stream. They are also often taken when Legering for Barbel, […]
** 1878, “The Fishing Season”, in Once a Week, volume VIII (Fourth Series), London: Published at the offices, 19, Tavistock Street, W.C., →OCLC, page 95, column 1:Messrs. E. Frost and Tomkins, at Monkey Island, in two days, caught 80 lbs. weight of chub, dace, and roach with the fly and cheese paste, and in legering a trout of 2¼ lbs.
** 1997, Paul Gustafson, “Rigs”, in How to Catch Bigger Pike from Rivers, Lochs and Lakes, London: Collins Willow, HarperCollins Publishers, →ISBN; republished as How to Catch Big Pike: All the Insight and Technique You Need to Catch Bigger Pike, whatever the Location, London: Robinson, an imprint of Little, Brown Book Group, 2016, →ISBN, page 160:The added advantage of legering a small bait rather than freelining one is that you can tighten up harder to the bait and so spot runs earlier.
** 1998, Martin James, “Flounder”, in Paul Morgan, editor, Saltwater Flyfishing: Britain and Northern Europe, Machynlleth, Powys: Coch-y-Bonddu Books, published 2006, →ISBN, page 156:The flounder spends its life between the tideline and the 25 to 30 fathoms mark, but they are often caught several miles upstream in freshwater rivers by anglers legering worms or gentles.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing. (See the entry for “leger”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

### Anagrams

* Egler, Ergle, regle

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈleː.ɣər/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: le‧ger
* Rhymes: -eːɣər

### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch leger, from Old Dutch *leger, from Proto-West Germanic *legr, from Proto-Germanic *legrą. Doublet of lager. Cognate to English lair.

#### Noun

leger n (plural legers, diminutive legertje n)
* army, armed forces
* form (habitation of a hare)
* (archaic) bed, crib
* (figurative) mass, multitude
* Short for dijkleger.

##### Derived terms

* aanvalsleger
* bedleger
* belegeren
* belegering
* beroepsleger
* bevrijdingsleger
* dijkleger
* huurleger
* keurleger
* krijgsleger
* landleger
* Leger des Heils
* legeraalmoezenier
* legeraanvoerder
* legerafdeling
* legerarts
* legerauto
* legerbarak
* legerbasis
* legerbericht
* legerbevelhebber
* legercommandant
* legercommando
* legerdienst
* legerdokter
* legerdump
* legereenheid
* legeren
* legerformatie
* legergroen
* legergroep
* legerhervorming
* legerhond
* legerhoofd
* legerhospitaal
* legerinrichting
* legerkamp
* legerkapitein
* legerkazerne
* legerkist
* legerkledij
* legerkleding
* legerkorps
* legerkwartier
* legerleiding
* legermacht
* legermanoeuvre
* legermars
* legermier
* legermonument
* legernummer
* legeroefening
* legerofficier
* legeronderdeel
* legeroperatie
* legeropleiding
* legeropslagplaats
* legerorganisatie
* legerpaard
* legerplaats
* legerplicht
* legerpost
* legerpredikant
* legerrang
* legerreserve
* legerschaar
* legersoldaat
* legerstaf
* legerstede
* legertank
* legertent
* legerterrein
* legertijd
* legertraining
* legertrein
* legertucht
* legeruniform
* legervliegtuig
* legervoertuig
* legervorming
* legerwagen
* legerwapen
* legerwet
* legerziekenhuis
* luchtleger
* militieleger
* oorlogsleger
* privéleger
* rebellenleger
* regeringsleger
* staand leger
* veldleger
* verdedigingsleger
* volksleger
* vredesleger
* vrijwilligersleger
* zeeleger

##### Descendants

* Afrikaans: leër
* → English: leaguer
* → Sranan Tongo: legre

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Adjective

leger
* comparative degree of leeg

#### Verb

leger
* inflection of legeren:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative

### Anagrams

* geler, regel

## German
### Etymology

18th century, borrowed from French léger.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /leˈʒɛːʁ/, [leˈʒɛ(ː)ɐ̯], [lə-], [-ˈʒeːɐ̯]
* Audio (Berlin):(file)
* Audio (Austria):(file)
* Hyphenation: le‧ger

### Adjective

leger (strong nominative masculine singular legerer, comparative legerer, superlative am legersten)
* casual, informal
    Synonyms: locker, entspannt, ungezwungen, informell, lässig, lax, salopp
* (of clothing) dressed down
    Synonyms: informell, lässig, sportlich

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “leger” in Duden online
* “leger” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Indonesian
### Etymology 1

Unknown (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈleɡɛr/ [ˈle.ɡɛr]
* Rhymes: -eɡɛr
* Syllabification: le‧ger

#### Noun

leger (plural leger-leger)
* larger floor crossbeam

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Betawi [Term?] or Javanese ꦭꦺꦒꦺꦂ (lèger, “water barrel”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈleɡɛr/ [ˈle.ɡɛr]
* Rhymes: -eɡɛr
* Syllabification: le‧ger

#### Noun

leger (plural leger-leger)
* hogshead, a large barrel or cask
* pipe
    Synonym: pipa

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Tondano [Term?].

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈleɡɛr/ [ˈle.ɡɛr]
* Rhymes: -eɡɛr
* Syllabification: le‧ger

#### Noun

leger (plural leger-leger)
* handrails and terrace barriers of a stilt house made of wood

### Etymology 4

Borrowed from Dutch legger (“ledger”), from Middle Dutch legger.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈleɡər/ [ˈle.ɡər]
* Rhymes: -eɡər
* Syllabification: le‧ger

#### Noun

lègêr (plural leger-leger)
* (education) a ledger, the marking register.

### Further reading

* “leger” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Interlingua
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /leˈɡer/

### Verb

leger
* to read

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | leger | leger |
| participle | participle | present | perfect |
| participle | participle | legente | legite |
| active | | simple | perfect |
| active | present | lege | ha legite |
| active | past | legeva | habeva legite |
| active | future | legera | habera legite |
| active | conditional | legerea | haberea legite |
| active | imperative | lege | |
| passive | | simple | perfect |
| passive | present | es legite | ha essite legite |
| passive | past | esseva legite | habeva essite legite |
| passive | future | essera legite | habera essite legite |
| passive | conditional | esserea legite | haberea essite legite |
| passive | imperative | sia legite | |

## Latin
### Verb

lēger
* first-person singular present passive subjunctive of lēgō

## Middle English
### Noun

leger
* Alternative form of liggere

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Noun

leger m
* indefinite plural of lege

### Verb

leger
* present of lege

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

leger f
* indefinite plural of lege

## Old English
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *legr.
Cognate with Old Frisian leger, Old Saxon legar, Dutch leger (“bed, camp, army”), Old High German legar (German Lager (“camp”)), Old Norse legr (Danish lejr, Swedish läger (“bed”)), Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌲𐍂𐍃 (ligrs). The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek λέχος (lékhos), Latin lectus (“bed”), Proto-Celtic *legyom (Old Irish lige, Irish luí), Proto-Slavic *ležati (Russian лежа́ть (ležátʹ)).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈle.jer/

### Noun

leġer n
* the state or action of lying, lying down, or lying ill
** on ðam sixtan dæge his legeres ― on the sixth day of his illness
* resting-place; couch, bed
* deathbed, grave
** on gehalgodan legere licgan ― to be buried in a consecrated grave

#### Declension

Strong a-stem:

#### Related terms

* ġeliġer
* lecgan
* licgan
* lōg
* lōgian

#### Descendants

* Middle English: leir, leire, lair, lare
** English: lair
** Scots: lair, lear, layer, lare

## Romansch
### Etymology 1

From Latin legō, legere.

#### Verb

leger
* (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Vallader) to read

##### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | leger | leger | leger | leger |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | legend | legend | legend | legend |
| past participle | past participle | past participle | legiu | legiu | legiu | legiu |
| | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person |
| indicative | jeu | ti | el/ella | nus | vus | els/ellas |
| present | legel | legas | lega | legein | legeis | legan |
| imperfect | legavel | legavas | legava | legavan | legavas | legavan |
| future | vegnel a leger | vegns a leger | vegn a leger | vegnin a leger | vegnis a leger | vegnan a leger |
| conditional | jeu | ti | el/ella | nus | vus | els/ellas |
| direct present | legess | legesses | legess | legessen | legesses | legessen |
| indirect present | legessi | legessies | legessi | legessien | legessies | legessien |
| direct future | vegness a leger | vegnesses a leger | vegness a leger | vegnessen a leger | vegnesses a leger | vegnessen a leger |
| indirect future | vegnessi a leger | vegnessies a leger | vegnessi a leger | vegnessien a leger | vegnessies a leger | vegnessien a leger |
| subjunctive | che jeu | che ti | ch'el/ch'ella | che nus | che vus | ch'els/ch'ellas |
| present | legi | legies | legi | legeien | legeies | legien |
| past | legevi | legevies | legevi | legevien | legevies | legevien |
| future | vegni a leger | vegnies a leger | vegni a leger | vegnîen a leger | vegnîes a leger | vegnien a leger |
| imperative | — | ti | — | — | vus | — |
| imperative | | lega | | | legei | |
| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | leger | leger | leger | leger |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | legend | legend | legend | legend |
| past participle | past participle | past participle | legì, legida | legì, legida | legì, legida | legì, legida |
| | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person |
| indicative | jeu | ti | el/ella | nus | vus | els/ellas |
| present | legel | legas | lega | legain | legais | legan |
| imperfect | legeva | legevas | legeva | legevan | legevas | legevan |
| future | vegnel a leger | vegns a leger | vegn a leger | vegnin a leger | vegnis a leger | vegnan a leger |
| conditional | jeu | ti | el/ella | nus | vus | els/ellas |
| present | legess | legesses | legess | legessen | legesses | legessen |
| future | vegness a leger | vegnesses a leger | vegness a leger | vegnessen a leger | vegnesses a leger | vegnessen a leger |
| subjunctive | che jeu | che ti | ch'el/ch'ella | che nus | che vus | ch'els/ch'ellas |
| present | legia | legias | legia | legian | legias | legian |
| future | vegni a leger | vegnies a leger | vegni a leger | vegnîen a leger | vegnîes a leger | vegnien a leger |
| imperative | — | ti | — | — | vus | — |
| imperative | | lega | | | legai | |

##### Alternative forms

* liger (Sutsilvan, Surmiran)
* ler (Puter)

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Adjective

leger m (feminine singular legra, masculine plural legers, feminine plural legras)
* (Sursilvan) merry, happy
    Synonym: allegher

##### Alternative forms

* legher (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran)

## Swedish
### Adjective

leger (comparative legerare, superlative legerast)
* Alternative form of legär

#### Inflection

$^1$ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. $^2$ Dated or archaic. $^3$ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

### Anagrams

* regel