different between yager vs rager

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Jäger.

Noun

yager (plural yagers)

1. (US, obsolete) A heavy, muzzle-loading hunting rifle
2. A Jäger, an elite soldier of the Austrian army

Anagrams

• Garey, Geary, gayer, gyrae, ragey, re-gay

English

Etymology

rage +? -er

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??e?d??/

Noun

rager (plural ragers)

1. (uncommon) One who rages.
2. (slang) A party, particularly a large, wild party (social event).
3. (slang) A raging erection; a massive erection of the penis.

Anagrams

• Grear, gerra

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ra???r/, [???w?]

Verb

rager

1. present tense of rage

Dutch

Etymology

From rageren (“to brush”).(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “check, please: is it from ragen or rageren?”)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a???r
• IPA^(key): /ra???r/, /ra?x?r/
• Hyphenation: ra?ger

Noun

rager m (plural ragers, diminutive ragertje n)

1. interdental brush

French

Pronunciation

Verb

rager

1. to rage

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written rage- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a “soft” /?/ and not a “hard” /?/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Derived terms

• enragé
• rage
• rageur

Further reading

• “rager” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• garer