# ger
## Translingual
### Symbol

ger
* (international standards) ISO 639-2/B language code for German.

## English
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Mongolian гэр (ger)/ᠭᠡᠷ (ger).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡɛə(ɹ)/
* Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)

#### Noun

ger (plural gers)
* A yurt.
** 2007, Michael Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road, Sceptre, published 2008, page 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

Borrowed from Hebrew גֵּר (ger).

#### Noun

ger (plural gerim)
* (Judaism) A male convert to Judaism; a Jewish proselyte.
    Coordinate term: giyoret

### Anagrams

* -erg-, EGR, ERG, GRE, Reg, erg, gre, 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
* squirrel (furry)
    Synonym: ketër

### References

* ↑ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “ger”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 112

## Breton
### Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *gėr, from Proto-Celtic *garyos (“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 caru (“sorrow”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡeːr/

### Noun

ger m (plural gerioù)
* word
** 1990, Thomas Arwyn Watkins, Martin John Ball, Celtic Linguistics / Ieithyddiaeth Geltaidd: Readings in the Brythonic Languages, page 202:Skrijal a rae Loeiz o tistagan ar ger [...] 'Louis screamed in pronouncing the word'.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Derived terms

* geriadur ("dictionary")

## Chinese
### Etymology 1

Clipping of English manager.

#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): zoe$^4$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zoe$^4$
*** Yale: jèuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzoe$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zê$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sœː²¹/

#### Noun

ger
* (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) manager
** 2006 January 10, “薪高上位易 學子爭入「四大」”, in 香港經濟日報‎:
       zou$^6$ saam$^1$ nin$^4$ ho$^2$ sing$^1$ “sin$^1$” (senior), zou$^6$ luk$^6$ nin$^4$ sing$^1$ “zoe$^4$” (manager), zou$^6$ mun$^5$ sap$^6$ nin$^4$ gang$^3$ jau$^5$ gei$^1$ wui$^6$ sing$^4$ wai$^4$ “partner”... [Jyutping]
       One can be promoted to senior after three years of work, a manager after six years, and even perhaps a partner after ten years […]

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 經理 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 經理 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 經理 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 經理, 阿ger |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 經理 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 經理 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 經理 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 經理 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 經理 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 經理 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 經理 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 經理 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 經理, 阿大, 阿大先生, 當手 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 經理, 大先生 |

##### Derived terms

* 阿ger

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): zoe$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zoe$^1$
*** Yale: jēu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzoe$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zê$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sœː⁵⁵/

#### Noun

ger
* (Cantonese) Alternative form of 脧 (“penis”)

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): zoe$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zoe$^1$
*** Yale: jēu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzoe$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zê$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sœː⁵⁵/

#### Verb

ger
* (Cantonese) Alternative form of 啫 (“to target, to annoy someone verbally”)

## Cornish
### Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *gėr, from Proto-Celtic *garyos (“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: [ɡɛːr]
* (Revived Late Cornish) IPA: [ɡeːr]
* Audio (Revived Middle Cornish):(file)

### Noun

ger m (plural geryow)
* word, term
* saying
* report

#### Derived terms

* ger alhwedh (“keyword”)
* ger da (“good reputation”)
* ger kesstyr (“synonym”)
* ger mell (“article (grammar)”)
* ger rag ger (“word for word”)
* ger tremena (“password”)
* gerda (“fame”)
* gerdhal (“dyslexic”)
* gerdhelni (“dyslexia”)
* gerennek (“verbose”)
* gerlyver (“dictionary”)
* gerva (“vocabulary”)
* gerya (“to babble”, verb)
* geryel (“verbal”)
* geryow (“lyrics”)
* rester geryow (“vocabulary”)

### Mutation
## Danish
### Etymology

From Old Norse geirr, from Proto-Germanic *gaizaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰays- (“pointed stick, spear”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɡeˀr]

### Noun

ger c (singular definite geren, plural indefinite gerer)
* (obsolete, rare) spear

#### Declension
## Faroese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈt͡ʃeːɹ]
* Homophone: gerð

### Etymology 1
#### Verb

ger
* third-person singular present of gera
* imperative singular of gera

##### Conjugation

$^1$Only the past participle being declined.

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse [Term?].

#### Noun

ger f (genitive singular gerar, uncountable)
* yeast

##### Declension
## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /cɛːr/
* Rhymes: -ɛːr

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

ger n (genitive singular gers, no plural)
* yeast
    Synonym: jöstur

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Norse gør, from Proto-Germanic *garwiją or *gerwą.

#### Noun

ger n (genitive singular gers, no plural)
* rotting things (as feed)
* flock, swarm (of carrion birds, flies, etc.)

##### Declension
### Etymology 3

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

#### Adjective

ger (not comparable)
* ready, fully prepared

##### Related terms

* gersemi

### Etymology 4

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

#### Adjective

ger (comparative gerari, superlative gerastur)
* greedy, gluttonous

##### Declension
### Etymology 5

Inherited from Old Norse gerr, gjǫrr, gørr, from Proto-Germanic *garwiz, comparative of the adverb corresponding to ger (3).

#### Adverb

ger (comparative form; superlative gerst)
* better, more thoroughly

### References

* Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jeːr/

### Noun

ġēr n (nominative plural ġēr)
* Alternative form of ġēar

#### Declension

Strong a-stem:

## Old High German
### Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *gaiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *gaizaz (“spear”).

#### Noun

gēr m
* spear
    Synonym: azgēr

##### Derived terms

* azgēr

##### Descendants

* Lombardic: ger
** →⇒ Italian: gherone
* Middle High German: gēr
** German: Ger

### Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *ger, from Proto-Germanic *geraz.

#### Adjective

ger
* greedy

##### Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

##### Alternative forms

* giri

## Old Saxon
### Etymology

Variant of jār.

### Noun

gēr n
* year

#### Declension
## Romanian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [d͡ʒer]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

ger n (plural geruri)
* frost (cold weather that causes frost to form)
* frigidness, frosty weather

#### Derived terms

* gerar

#### Related terms

* degera

#### See also

* frig
* brumă

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jeːr/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

ger
* present indicative of ge, contracted from the archaic giver

## Welsh
### Etymology

Probably a mutated form of cer (“second-person singular imperative of mynd”).
Alternatively, related to er (“for, through”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡɛr/

### Preposition

ger
* next to, near
    Synonyms: ar bwys, gerllaw, yn ymyl
* beside
    Synonym: wrth

#### Derived terms

* gerbron (“before, in the presence of”)
* gerllaw (“nearby”)

### References

* R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ger”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies