different between ger vs jer
ger
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Mongolian ??? (ger)/??? (ger).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /????(?)/
Noun
ger (plural gers)
- A yurt.
- 2007, Michael Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road, Sceptre 2008, p. 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.
- 2007, Michael Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road, Sceptre 2008, p. 133:
Translations
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Hebrew ????? (ger).
Noun
ger (plural gerim)
- A male convert to Judaism.
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)
Related terms
- ketër
References
Breton
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *g?r, from Proto-Celtic *garyos (“word, speech”), from Proto-Indo-European *?h?r-, zero grade of *?eh?r-.
Cognate with Ancient Greek ????? (gêrus, “voice, speech”), Khotanese [script needed] (ys?r-, “to sing”), Latin garri? (“chatter”), Old English caru (“sorrow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??e?r/
Noun
ger m (plural gerioù)
- word
- 1990, Thomas Arwyn Watkins, Martin John Ball, Celtic Linguistics / Ieithyddiaeth Geltaidd: Readings in the Brythonic Languages. p. 202.
- Skrijal a rae Loeiz o tistagan ar ger [...] 'Louis screamed in pronouncing the word'.
- 1990, Thomas Arwyn Watkins, Martin John Ball, Celtic Linguistics / Ieithyddiaeth Geltaidd: Readings in the Brythonic Languages. p. 202.
Derived terms
- geriadur ("dictionary")
Inflection
Cornish
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *g?r, from Proto-Celtic *garyos (“word, speech”), from Proto-Indo-European *?h?r-, zero grade of *?eh?r-.
Cognate with Ancient Greek ????? (gêrus, “voice, speech”), Khotanese [script needed] (ys?r-, “to sing”), Latin garri? (“chatter”), Old English ?earu (“sorrow”).
Pronunciation
- (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA(key): [???r]
- (Revived Late Cornish) IPA(key): [?e?r]
Noun
ger m (plural geryow)
- word
- saying
- report
Derived terms
- gerlyver ("dictionary")
Mutation
Faroese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?t??e??]
- Homophone: gerð
Etymology 1
Verb
ger
- third-person singular present of gera
- he, she, it does, makes
- imperative singular of gera
- do! make!
Conjugation
Etymology 2
From Old Norse [Term?].
Noun
ger f (genitive singular gerar, uncountable)
- yeast
Declension
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /c??r/
- Rhymes: -??r
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Danish gær, from Old Norse gerð, from Proto-Germanic *garwid?.
Noun
ger n (genitive singular gers, no plural)
- yeast
Declension
Synonyms
- (yeast): jöstur
Etymology 2
From Old Norse gør, from Proto-Germanic *garwij? or *gerw?.
Noun
ger n (genitive singular gers, no plural)
- rotting things (as feed)
- flock, swarm (of carrion birds, flies, etc.)
Declension
Etymology 3
From Old Norse gerr, gj?rr, g?rr, from Proto-Germanic *garwaz.
Adjective
ger (not comparable)
- ready, fully prepared
Inflection
Etymology 4
From Old Norse gerr, cognate with Old High German ger (“greedy”).
Adjective
ger (comparative gerari, superlative gerastur)
- greedy, gluttonous
Inflection
Etymology 5
From Old Norse gerr, gj?rr, 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 — Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans.
Old English
Alternative forms
- ??ar
Etymology
Variant of ??ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /je?r/
Noun
??r n (nominative plural ??r)
- year
- the runic character ? (/j/)
Old High German
Etymology 1
From Proto-West Germanic *gai?, from Proto-Germanic *gaizaz (“spear”).
Noun
g?r m
- spear
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Lombardic: ger
- ?? Italian: gherone
- Middle High German: g?r
- German: Ger
Etymology 2
From Proto-West Germanic *ger, from Proto-Germanic *geraz.
Adjective
ger
- greedy
Alternative forms
- giri
Inflection
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Old Saxon
Etymology
Variant of j?r.
Noun
ger n
- year
Declension
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin gel?, from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [d??er]
Noun
ger n (plural geruri)
- frost (cold weather that causes frost to form)
- frigidness, frosty weather
Declension
Derived terms
- gerar
Related terms
- degera
See also
- frig
- brum?
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /je?r/
Verb
ger
- present tense of ge., contracted from the archaic giver
Welsh
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??r/
Preposition
ger
- next to, near
- Synonym: ar bwys
- beside
- Synonym: wrth
Derived terms
- gerbron (“before, in the presence of”)
- gerllaw (“nearby”)
Westrobothnian
Adjective
ger
- Alternative spelling of gjer
ger From the web:
- what german
- what gerd
- what german city is this
- wheat germ
- what germs look like
- what german shepherds eat
- what germanic tribes invaded rome
- what gerrymandering
jer
English
Etymology
From Russian ?? (jer) or ??? (jer?).
Noun
jer (plural jers)
- (linguistics) Ultra-short or reduced vowel in Proto- and Late Common Slavonic (or Slavic), then represented as ? (back jer [?]) or ? (front jer [?]).
See also
- Yer
- Yery
Anagrams
- JRE
Chinese
Danish
Etymology
Archaic eder, from Old Danish idher, edher, Old Norse yðr, from Proto-Germanic *izwiz, dative/accusative of *j?z (“you (all)”) (see I). Cognate of Norwegian Bokmål dere, Swedish er, English you and German euch.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?ja??]
Pronoun
jer
- (personal) second person plural objective case – you, yourselves
Gothic
Romanization
j?r
- Romanization of ????????????
Kazakh
Noun
jer
- Latin spelling of ??? (jer, “land, earth, soil; country; place; distance”)
Lombard
Etymology
From Late Latin her? (“yesterday”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /je??/, /d?e??/
Adverb
jer
- yesterday
- Alternative form of ier
Old Frisian
Alternative forms
- j?r, i?r
Etymology
from Proto-West Germanic *j?r, from Proto-Germanic *j?r? (“year”)
Noun
j?r n
- year
Inflection
Descendants
- North Frisian: juar, jäär, iir
- Saterland Frisian: Jier
- West Frisian: jier
References
- Köbler, Gerhard, Altfriesisches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /j?r/
Etymology 1
Noun
jer m inan
- (linguistics) yer
Declension
Etymology 2
Noun
jer m anim
- brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
Declension
Further reading
- jer in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- jer in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *je že. Compare Slovene ker.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jêr/
Conjunction
j?r (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- because, for (for the reason)
Synonyms
- j?rbo
- budu?i da
References
- “jer” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal
Vilamovian
Pronunciation
Pronoun
jer m (feminine jeny, neuter jes)
- that, that one
jer From the web:
- what jerseys are the jazz wearing tonight
- what jersey shore character are you
- what jerseys are the lakers wearing tonight
- what jerseys are the mavs wearing tonight
- what jersey number is lebron james
- what jerry meme
- what jerseys are the nuggets wearing tonight
- what jersey number is justin fields