Georg

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proper noun

A male given name, a Scandinavian and continental Germanic variant of George.

Less commonScrabble 7

Meanings

proper nounGeorg (plural Georgs)

plural Georgs

  1. A male given name, a Scandinavian and continental Germanic variant of George.

    Georg said nothing as he glanced toward Cameron, who stuck his head over the edge of the loft again. “Rest easy, Georg,” Cameron said. “Next week I'll be on my honeymoon, and your worries will be over.”

    2013 December 20, Elizabeth D. Michaels, Anita Stansfield, Behind the Mask, White Star Press, →ISBN
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    “Ah!” Georg said, noncommittal. “A problem I think you may have had,” the man said. “I got drunk and didn't wake up.” “Yes,” Georg said. “I've been known to do that. Last night, in fact. And the night before.”

    2011 July 1, Eric Flint, Ring of Fire III, Baen Publishing Enterprises, →ISBN
  2. A surname transferred from the given name.
  3. InternetA notional individual who has, eats, or does an extremely large number of a specified thing, skewing statistical averages.

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    2021 August 23, Katrin Tiidenberg, Crystal Abidin, Natalie Ann Hendry, Tumblr, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN
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    “Average yard has 8 feral hogs” factoid actualy just statistical error. average yard has 0 hogs. hogs georg, who lives in rural america and whose yard has 30–50 hogs within 3–5 minutes of his small kids playing, is an outlier adn should not have been counted”

    2019 June 30, Christopher Weston, Feral hogs meme: 30-50 hilarious responses on Twitter!

    I'm pretty sure the world doesn't produce [enough bananas to] eat six bananas a day [...] Unless there's one person out there who eats so many bananas that they throw off the global average. / [image] / BANANAS GEORG, WHO LIVES ON A MOUNTAIN AND EATS 17 TRILLION BANANAS PER YEAR, IS AN OUTLIER AND SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN COUNTED.

    2022, Randall Munroe, What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers..., →ISBN, page 54

Origin

  1. LatinGeōrgius
  2. da,et,fo,de,is,no,svGeorg
  3. EnglishGeorg

From Danish, Estonian, Faroese, German, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish Georg, from Latin Geōrgius. The slang sense is from Spiders Georg.

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APA

Georg. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Georg

MLA

“Georg.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Georg. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Georg,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Georg.

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