lager

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UK/ˈlɑːɡə/US/ˈlɑɡɚ/

noun

A type of beer, brewed using a bottom-fermenting yeast.

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laagerlager beer
OriginGerman Lagerbier →
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Meanings

lager1

nounlager (plural lagers)

plural lagers

  1. A type of beer, brewed using a bottom-fermenting yeast.

    The 40-year-old [Mike Skinner] is happy to put his body on the line in other ways, swapping a mug of tea for a fan's double pint of lager and messily necking it in one.

    2019 January 26, Kitty Empire [pseudonym], “The Streets review – the agony and ecstasy of a great everyman”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Apr 2019
verblager (third-person singular simple present lagers, present participle lagering, simple past and past participle lagered)

present singular third person lagers · participle present lagering · participle past lagered · past lagered

  1. To store (lager beer) at a low temperature for maturing and clarification.

lager2

nounlager (plural lagers)

plural lagers

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of laager.
verblager (third-person singular simple present lagers, present participle lagering, simple past and past participle lagered)

present singular third person lagers · participle present lagering · participle past lagered · past lagered

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of laager.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna camp defended by a circular formation of wagons

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laager
Broader
campencampmentcantonment

nouna general term for beer made with bottom fermenting yeast (usually by decoction mashing); originally it was brewed in March or April and matured until September

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lager beer
Broader
beer
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laager

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. GermanLagerbier“beer made for storing”
  2. Englishlager

From German Lagerbier (“beer made for storing”), from Lager (“store”). Cognate with native English lair.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 拉格啤酒, 窖藏啤酒
  • 拉格啤酒 (lāgé píjiǔ)type of beer
  • 窖藏啤酒 (jiàocáng píjiǔ)type of beer
Czech ležák
  • ležáktype of beer
Finnish lager, pohjahiivaolut
  • lagertype of beer
  • pohjahiivaoluttype of beer
German Lager
  • Lagertype of beer
Irish lágar
  • lágartype of beer
Korean 하면발효맥주
  • 하면발효맥주 (hamyeonbalhyomaekju)type of beer
Polish lager
  • lagertype of beer
Portuguese lager
  • lagertype of beer
Russian ла́гер
  • ла́гер (láger)type of beer
Scottish Gaelic làgar
  • làgartype of beer
Swedish lageröl, lager
  • lageröltype of beer
  • lagertype of beer
Welsh lager
  • lagertype of beer

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with lager

agarlaager
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Sounds the same

laagerlogger (father–bother merger)laagerlogger (father–bother merger)laagerlogger (father–bother merger)laagerlogger (father–bother merger)

Anagrams

largeregalglareElgarAlgerGeralRagleAglerergalGleralagreArgel
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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