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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lager

/ˈlɑɡɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.16 in modern English

Syllables
lager
IPA
/ˈlɑɡɚ/
6
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of beer, brewed using a bottom-fermenting yeast.

verb

To store (lager beer) at a low temperature for maturing and clarification.

noun

Alternative spelling of laager.

verb

Alternative spelling of laager.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From German Lagerbier (“beer made for storing”), from Lager (“store”). Cognate with native English lair.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *legʰ-, Lagerbier

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈlɑɡɚ/
  • British English: /ˈlɑːɡə/

Inflected Forms

lagers (plural) lagers (present, singular) lagering (participle, present) lagered (participle, past) lagered (past)

Derived Forms

lagering lagerita lagerlike lagerphone lagery

Phrases

cooking lager lager-beer lager-conditioned lager lout lager top superlagerlagered up

Frequently Paired Words

ale bitter lambic pilsner porter stout weissbier

Synonyms

laager lager beer

Homonyms

laager logger (father-bother merger) logger

Rhymes With

jogger logger swogger agar laager

Questions

How do you pronounce lager?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈlɑɡɚ/.
What does lager mean?
A type of beer, brewed using a bottom-fermenting yeast.
Where does lager come from?
It is traced to German.

How to pronounce lager

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