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    gerund.
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ger.

1 American  

abbreviation

  1. gerund.

  2. gerundive.


Ger. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. German.

  2. Germany.


Ger. 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. German

  2. Germany

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

ger. 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. gerund

  2. gerundive

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“I was born in a ger, I grew up in a ger, I got married in a ger. I have never lived in a house. I love my ger.”

From The Guardian ● Sep. 3, 2014

The profile in the relief confirms to some degree Plutarch's statement that Cyrus had an aquiline nose, and the Persians therefore considered beaked noses the most becoming: "Praec. ger. reip." c.

From The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) by Max Duncker

Apollinaris W. Ger. 300,000 Strong, needling fizz and a warm, hea vy mineral flavor that suggests bicarbonate of soda.

From Time Magazine Archive

The New English Dictionary rejects for phonetic reasons the usually accepted connexion with the Teutonic root gald-, to pay, seen in Ger. gelten, to be of value, Geld, money, payment, English “yield.”

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various

The more usual term Chapman is cognate with cheap, chaffer, Chipping, Copenhagen, Ger. kaufen, to buy, etc.

From The Romance of Names by Ernest Weekley

Ger. die Gift, gift, das Gift, poison, formed from the Teut. stem gab-, to give, cf.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" by Various

Reynard, rā′nard, or ren′ard, n. a fox, from the name given to the fox in the famous beast epic of Low Ger. origin, Reynard the Fox—also Ren′ard.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

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