Ger

See also: ger, GER, gér, gèr, gêr, Ger⁺⁶, and Ger.

English

Etymology

Shortened from (Ran)gers

Noun

Ger (plural Gers)

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

Anagrams

• -erg-, EGR, ERG, GRE, Reg, erg, gre, reg

German

Etymology

From Middle High German gēr, from Old High German gēr, from Proto-West Germanic *gaiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *gaizaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰoysós.

By the time of Early New High German, it had largely been displaced by Speer in general usage. In the 19th century, there were ultimately unsuccessful attempts to revive the term outside of a historical context.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡeːɐ̯/
• Hyphenation: Ger

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Ger m (strong, genitive Geres or Gers, plural Gere)

1. (historical) throwing spear used by Germanic peoples

   Synonyms: Frame, (in modern usage:) Speer, Wurfspieß

Declension

Declension of Ger [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Ger	die	Gere
genitive	eines	des	Geres, Gers	der	Gere
dative	einem	dem	Ger, Gere1	den	Geren
accusative	einen	den	Ger	die	Gere

¹Now rare, see notes.

Related terms

• Gehre

References

• Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Ger”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

Further reading

• “Ger” in Duden online
• “Ger” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Latin

Alternative forms

• Gir

Etymology

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Proper noun

Ger m (indeclinable)

1. a river in Mauretania, mentioned by Pliny

References

• “Ger”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Gir”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly