Gerdes

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proper noun

A surname from German.

OriginGerman Gerdes →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A surname from German.

    The two drivers, Wayne Gerdes and Bob Winger, weren’t new to this: they had, in fact, beaten their own previous record of 77.9 mpg obtained on the same route in 2013.

    2016 July 21, Jacopo Prisco, “How ‘hypermiling’ can save you a lot of fuel (and the planet)”, in CNN

Origin

  1. GermanGerdes
  2. EnglishGerdes

Borrowed from German Gerdes.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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