ger
/ˈɡɛə(ɹ)/
ger noun: a yurt.
Noun (1)
ger (plural gers)
- A yurt.
- The new bek's great-grandfather had passed every night of his life under the sky, on the back of a pony or in the felt walls of a ger, and Buljan retained the ancestral contempt for cities and city dwellers.2007, Michael Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road, Sceptre, published 2008, page 133
- In weather conditions that hit -20 degrees or lower, people in the poorer areas of the city have no access to running water, no access to bathroom facilities, often living in little “yurts” or “gers” on dirt roads.2016 November 11, Zahra Jamshed and Stella Ko, “Beyond the yurt: Mongolian life caught on camera”, in CNN, spoken by Paul Cox
Noun (2)
ger (plural gerim)
Noun (3) capitalized: GER
GER (uncountable)
- Abbreviation of gastroesophageal reflux.
- Initialism of Great Eastern Railway.
- Initialism of Gold Experience Requiem
Noun (4) capitalized: Ger
Ger (plural Gers)
- A person associated with Rangers F.C., as a player, fan, coach etc.
ger meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali and Telugu
ger in Hindi
- गेर
ger in Marathi
- गेर
ger in Bengali
- গের
ger in Telugu
- గెర్
More languagesFewer languages
- ger in Malayalam
- ഗെർ
- ger in Kannada
- ಗೆರ್
- ger in Punjabi
- ਜੀ. ਈ. ਆਰ
- ger in Odia
- ଗେର
- ger in Nepali
- गेर
Forms of ger
| plural | gers |
|---|---|
| plural | gerim |
| alternative form | GOR |
| alternative form | GŒR |
| alternative form | GOER |
| plural | Gers |
Origin of ger
Borrowed from Mongolian гэр (ger)/ᠭᠡᠷ (ger).
Borrowed from Hebrew גֵּר (ger).
Shortened from (Ran)gers
Words that rhyme with ger
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- declare
- hair
- Sinclair
- where
- ayr
- care
- layer
- mayor
- parterre
- fare
- glare
- lair
- pear
- prayer
- snare
- compare
- dare
- rare
- share
- swear
- ware
- wear and tear
- Ayer
- blare
- flair
- forbear
- Kerr
- laissez faire
- mousquetaire
- pare
- prepare
- repair
- stare
- unfair
- yare
- -ware
- abear
- aflare
- despair
- glair
- heir
- impair
- Pierre
- reair
- scare
- tare
- trillionaire
- Voltaire
Questions about ger
- What does ger mean?
- Ger means a yurt.
- What is ger in Hindi?
- Ger in Hindi is गेर. See Ger meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is ger?
- Ger is a noun.
- How do you pronounce ger?
- Ger is pronounced /ˈɡɛə(ɹ)/.
- What is the plural of ger?
- The plural of ger is gers.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: ger (page history and authors); GER (page history and authors); Ger (page history and authors); ger (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ger (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ger (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ger (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ger (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ger (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ger (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ger (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ger (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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