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    ger.
    abbreviation
    gerund.
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    Ger.
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    German.

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 Duncker, Max

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 derivation of the word is disputed: any analogy with Ger. hoch, “high,” being generally denied.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various

The word is derived from the M. E. and O. Fr. herbergere, through the Late Lat. heribergator, formed from the O. H. Ger. heri, mod.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" by Various

“Very warm” expresses little more than the positive, and to represent the intensity of his feelings the Englishman has recourse to such expressions as “awfully warm” like the Ger. “schrecklich warm.”

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various

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

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