lager

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lager¹

  • /ˈlɑːɡə/ UK
  • /ˈlɑɡɚ/ US

Sounds like laager, logger (father–bother merger) · Rhymes with -ɑːɡə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

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

noun lagers

  1. A type of beer, brewed using a bottom-fermenting yeast. The 40-year-old [Mike Skinner] is happy to put his body on the line in other ways, swapping a mug of tea for a fan's double pint of lager and messily necking it in one.

verb lagers · lagering · lagered

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

lager²

  • /ˈlɑːɡə/ UK
  • /ˈlɑɡɚ/ US

Sounds like laager, logger (father–bother merger) · Rhymes with -ɑːɡə(ɹ)

noun lagers

  1. alternative Alternative spelling of laager

verb lagers · lagering · lagered

  1. alternative Alternative spelling of laager

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: laager, beer, ale, brew, pint, keg, blond, blonde, bier, layer, camp, pressure, stockpile, stock, lager-beer, kellerbier

Translations

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noun type of beer

한국어하면발효맥주 hamyeonbalhyomaekju
中文拉格啤酒 lāgé píjiǔ, 窖藏啤酒 jiàocáng píjiǔ
Portuguêslager
DeutschLager
Русскийла́гер láger

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@misc{lager_2026,
  title = {lager},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lager},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}