Gert
noun
a female given name, form of Gertrude.
Gert
American
[gurt]
/ gɜrt /
noun
gert
British
/ ɡɜːt /
adverb
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Danish diver Gert Normann Andersen finally discovered it in 2016.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
"There was scaffolding erected on the side of the house. I tried to find out if it was a particular scaffolding firm, but there was no phone number," Gert replied.
From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2025
An eighth named storm, Gert, dissipated on Tuesday.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 22, 2023
Tropical Storm Gert formed early Monday, becoming the latest named storm of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season.
From New York Times ● Aug. 21, 2023
Gert said something in German or English—I didn’t know either language except for “yeth pleeth”—and a different person ran into the back of the store.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
Then com a woman donned e white, A mantle gert she wore; A nicer lukin, smarter form, I nivver saw afore.
From Random Rhymes and Rambles by William Aldis Wright
Ay, an' Janet saw t' sun too, an' when it were like a gert gowden ball at top o' t' hill, shoo pointed her wand at t' sun an' started dancin' aboon t' watterfall.
From More Tales of the Ridings by Frederic William Moorman
Excited by her efforts to the point of hardly knowing whether to laugh or cry, she told us we were 'a pack o' gert fules,' and went.
From A Poor Man's House by Stephen Sydney Reynolds
"Well then, thou gert oaf, why don't 'ee let un in?" said Dame Griggs.
From Pepper & Salt or, Seasoning for Young Folk by Howard Pyle
Konungr segir: 'víst hefir hann mikit skipaz, en ekki hefir Họttr einn dýrit drepit, heldr hefir þú þat gert.'
From The Relation of the Hrolfs Saga Kraka and the Bjarkarimur to Beowulf A Contribution To The History Of Saga Development In England And The Scandinavian Countries by Oscar Ludvig Olson
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