Gert

American

[gurt] / gɜrt /

noun

a female given name, form of Gertrude.

gert British

/ ɡɜːt /

adverb

dialect great or very big

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"Surface freshwater, Stegodon and Homo floresiensis all decline at the same time, showing the compounding effects of ecological stress," UOW Honorary Fellow Dr. Gert van den Berg said.

From Science Daily • Feb. 19, 2026

"So now we are in the first part of the tunnel," announces senior construction manager Anders Gert Wede, as we walk inside the future highway.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2025

She later married Gert Berliner, an abstract expressionist artist and fellow refugee who was born in Berlin.

From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2023

An eighth named storm, Gert, dissipated on Tuesday.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 22, 2023

And he handed Gert a stack of money as thick as a novel.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

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