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ger.

¹ American  

abbreviation

1. gerund.

2. gerundive.

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Ger. ² American  

abbreviation

1. German.

2. Germany.

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Ger. ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. German

2. Germany

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ger. ² British  

abbreviation

1. gerund

2. gerundive

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Example Sentences

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ger. Ger.

“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

Apparently from A.S. menigu; Ger. menge; but it may have nothing to do with the modern word many, and is more probably from the O.F. maisnée, a household.

From Lancelot of the Laik A Scottish Metrical Romance by Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William)

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

From The Romance of Names by Weekley, Ernest

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 New English Dictionary dismisses the derivations suggested from Lat. flatuare or flavitare; ultimately the word must be referred to the root seen in “blow,” Lat. flare, Ger. blasen, &c.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various